"There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time." — George Steiner  Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includ...

"This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." — Time  A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benja...