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Jamie Q Roberts, The Conversation
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Walter Benjamin’s ‘Illuminations’ is a remarkably prescient work of an intellectual truth-seeker
The writings in the book were produced between 1923 and 1940. Some were published in journals and other places, but some were only published posthumously.
Jamie Q Roberts, The Conversation
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How De Quincy’s ‘Confessions’ elevated the (opium) addict to a cultural figure for the first time
The user seemingly rebels against the quotidian. And for the artist-addict, drugs are a muse.
Jamie Q Roberts, The Conversation