(Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) Rolf J

Sources of Benjamin’s Works
Gesammelte Schriften. Edited by Rolf Tiedemann and Hermann Schweppenhäuser.
1972–89. Paperback edition, 7 vols., Suhrkamp Taschenbuch
Wissenschaft 931–37. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1991.
According to the editors, this edition contains corrections of printing
errors in the cloth edition (VII.2:885). Cited as GS by volume and
sub-volume. The Passagen-Werk (GS V.1/2) is cited by convolute
number.
Gesammelte Briefe in 6 Bänden. Edited by Christoph Gödde and Henri
Lonitz. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1995–2000. Cited as GB.
Selected Writings. Edited by Michael W. Jennings et al. 4 vols. Cambridge,
MA, and London: Belknap P of Harvard UP, 1996–2003.
Cited as SW.
The Origin of German Tragic Drama. Translated by John Osborne. London:
NLB, 1977; London: Verso, 2003. Cited as Origin.
The Arcades Project. Translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin.
Cambridge, MA, and London: Belknap Press of Harvard UP,
1999. Cited as AP or by convolute number. These references are
identical for the German original and the English translation. Use of
the “Guide to Names and Terms” (pages 1016–53) throughout the
Companion is gratefully acknowledged.