The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the twentieth century. Benjamin, riddle-like in his personality and given to tactical evasion, and Adorno, full of his own importance, alterna...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 西奥多•阿多诺（Theodor Adorno，1903—1969），德国哲学家、社会学家、音乐理论家，法兰克福学派第一代代表人物之一。主要著作有《启蒙的辩证法》（与霍克海默合著）、《否定的辩证法》《美学理论》《音乐社会学导论》等。 瓦尔特•本雅明（Walter Benjamin，1892—1940），德国学者、作家、批评家、翻译家，20世纪前半期最具影响力的思想者和作者之一。主要著作有《发达资本主义时代的抒情诗人》《机械复制时代的艺术作品》《单向街》等。 ◎ 译者简介 刘楠楠，毕业于北京大学日耳曼文学系和艺术系。后留学德国深造，获得德国美因茨大学硕士和博士学位。博士论文研究本雅明在中国的译介与接受。

Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that "you ha ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling "picked up again to the proper table-land of poetry," and she once begged him, "Please never stop writing me letters--they always manage to make me feel like my higher s...(展开全部)

Robert Lowell once remarked in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop that "you ha ve] always been my favorite poet and favorite friend." The feeling was mutual. Bishop said that conversation with Lowell left her feeling "picked up again to the proper table-land of poetry," and she once begged him, "Please never stop writing me letters--they always manage to make me feel like my higher s...(展开全部)

The recent publication by New Directions of five Lispector novels revealed to legions of new readers her darkness and dazzle. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who ...(展开全部)

In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience...(展开全部)

One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical "Songs of Innocence" and their counterpoint "Experience" - which juxtapose poems such as "The Lamb and The Tyger", and "The Blossom and The Sick Rose" - to highly elaborate, apocalyptic works, such as "The Four Zoa...(展开全部)