The Storyteller Essays (New York Review Books Classics)

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The Storyteller Essays (New York Review Books Classics)

A new translation of philosopher Walter Benjamin's work as it pertains to his famous essay, "The Storyteller," this collection includes short stories, book reviews, parables, and as a selection of writings by other authors who had an influence on Benjamin's work.

â€œThe Storytellerâ€ is one of Walter Benjaminâ€™s most important essays, a beautiful and suggestive meditation on the relation between narrative form, social life, and individual existenceâ€”and the product of at least a decadeâ€™s work. What might be called the story of The Storyteller Essays starts in 1926, with a piece Benjamin wrote about the German romantic Johann Peter Hebel. It continues in a series of short essays, book reviews, short stories, parables, and even radio shows for children. This collection brings them all together to give readers a new appreciation of how Benjaminâ€™s thinking changed and ripened over time, while including several key readings of his ownâ€”texts by his contemporaries Ernst Bloch and Georg LukÃ¡cs; by Paul ValÃ©ry; and by Herodotus and Montaigne. Finally, to bring things around, there are three short stories by â€œthe incomparable Hebelâ€ with whom the whole intellectual adventure began.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781681370583
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-07-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681370583

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781681370583
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2019-07-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681370583

The Storyteller Essays (New York Review Books Classics)

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