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In his essay from 1929, Walter BenjaminBenjamin, Walter nuances the now-common appreciation of the lightness of Walser’s prose, claiming the writer’s principal insight is that ‘nothingness is weighty’. Obviously this paradoxical phrase calls for further reflection, and we will return to it later on. For BenjaminBenjamin, Walter, Walser excels in the short form stylestyle that is the vehicle for many ‘hopeful butterflies’ seeking refuge from the ‘cliff-face of so-called great literature’—the language itself conveys the sense of a certain lightness almost beyond gravity (not to mention gravitas).

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  • Simon Wortham

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In his essay from 1929, Walter BenjaminBenjamin, Walter nuances the now-common appreciation of the lightness of Walser’s prose, claiming the writer’s principal insight is that ‘nothingness is weighty’. Obviously this paradoxical phrase calls for further reflection, and we will return to it later on. For BenjaminBenjamin, Walter, Walser excels in the short form stylestyle that is the vehicle for many ‘hopeful butterflies’ seeking refuge from the ‘cliff-face of so-called great literature’—the language itself conveys the sense of a certain lightness almost beyond gravity (not to mention gravitas).