(Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) Rolf J

Chronology of Benjamin’s Major Works
1913–14 “Metaphysik der Jugend,” GS II.1:91–104; “The Metaphysics
of Youth,” SW 1:6–17.
1914–15 “Zwei Gedichte von Friedrich Hölderlin,” GS II.1:105–26;
“Two Poems by Friedrich Hölderlin,” SW 1:18–36.
1916 “Über Sprache überhaupt und über die Sprache des Menschen,”
GS II.1:140–57; “On Language as Such and on the
Language of Man,” SW 1:62–74.
1918–19 Der Begriff der Kunstkritik in der deutschen Romantik, GS
I.1:7–122; The Concept of Criticism in German Romanticism,
SW 1:116–200. Published 1920.
1919 “Schicksal und Charakter,” GS II.1:171–79; “Fate and Character,”
SW 1:201–6. Published 1921.
1920–21 “Theologisch-politisches Fragment,” GS II.1:203–4; “Theo-
(1937–38?) logical-Political Fragment,” SW 3:305–6.
1921 “Zur Kritik der Gewalt,” GS II.1:179–203; “Critique of Violence,”
SW 1:236–52. Published 1921.
1921 “Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers,” GS IV.1:9–21; “The Task of
the Translator,” SW 1:253–63. Published 1923.
1921 “Kapitalismus als Religion,” GS VI:100–103; “Capitalism as
Religion,” SW 1:288–91.
1921–22 “Goethes Wahlverwandtschaften,” GS I.1:123–201; “Goethe’s
Elective Affinities,” SW 1:297–360. Published 1924–25.
1923–25 Ursprung des deutschen Trauerspiels, GS I.1:203–430; The
Origin of German Tragic Drama. Published 1928.
1923–26 Einbahnstraße, GS IV.1:83–148; One-Way Street, SW 1:444–
88. Published 1928.
1924 “Neapel” (coauthor: Asja Lacis), GS IV.1:307–16; “Naples,”
SW 1:414–21. Published 1925.
1927 “Moskau,” GS IV.1:316–48; “Moscow,” SW 2:22–46. Published
1927.
1927–40 Das Passagen-Werk; GS V.1/2; The Arcades Project.
1928 “Haschisch in Marseille,” GS IV.1:409–16; “Hashish in Marseilles,”
SW 2:673–79. Published 1932.
1929 “Der Sürrealismus: Die letzte Momentaufnahme der
europäischen Intelligenz,” GS II.1:295–310; “Surrealism:
The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia,” SW
2:207–21. Published 1929.