The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by J.A. Underwood, Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Werke und Nachlaß. Kritische Gesamtausgabe #16

J.A. Underwood, Walter Benjamin

111 pages first pub 1936 (editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy reflective slow-paced

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One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political ...

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