tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960290546714377795.post5473694602625957309..comments2023-10-15T12:16:14.360+01:00Comments on A Canto A Day: MCT: Walter BenjaminBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04175423129083772700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960290546714377795.post-25259762668343477422009-11-25T21:07:38.639+00:002009-11-25T21:07:38.639+00:00BG - thanks for the comment. I've spent most o...BG - thanks for the comment. I've spent most of my working life trying to explain complicated things in simple terms, and it can be done. It annoys me when people like Benjamin (and lots of others) don't even try.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175423129083772700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960290546714377795.post-38816690223383660702009-11-25T11:45:15.983+00:002009-11-25T11:45:15.983+00:00As someone who had to study Benjamin as part of hi...As someone who had to study Benjamin as part of his MA in German, I can say that this is not a bad translation: he's equally opaque in the original. For reasons I've never understood, this is considered a virtue by his academic critics, who like to go on about his "deliberately difficult" prose style.BGnoreply@blogger.com