Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Illuminations Includes Benjamin's views on kafka, with whom he felt the closest personal affinity, his s...Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Illuminations Includes Benjamin's views on kafka, with whom he felt the closest personal affinity, his studies on baudelaire and proust (both of whom he translated), his essays on leskov and On Brecht's epic theater.