Re: the oldest of the old

Eco has a great essay about book collecting too...hilarious, actually.
I don't remember where it was collected, though.

I'll definitely have to read that particular Benjamin essay. It's on my
to do list.

Jim

Kim Johnson wrote:

> --- "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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