Re: Re: the oldest of the old

From: Kim Johnson <haikux2@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 19:40:26 EST

--- "James J. Rovira" <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> Heh...Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age
> of Mechanical Reproduction" would be appropriate
> here...it's in a collection called _Illuminations_
> if you haven't read it.
>

actually, i own the book. and keep meaning to read
that essay. thanks for reminding me.

(and in the same volume is my all-time favorite essay
on book collecting: 'unpacking my library'. benjamin
was an incredible bibliophile.)

kim

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