ISBN:
9780857722041
,
0857722042
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (288 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cavaliero Genius, power and magic. A cultural history of Germany from Goethe to Wagner
DDC:
306
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Intellectual life
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Manners and customs
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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History
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Germany Intellectual life
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History
;
19th century
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Germany Social life and customs
;
19th century
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Germany Intellectual life 19th century
;
History
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Germany Social life and customs 19th century
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Germany
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Before unification in 1871, Germany was a loose collection of variously sovereign principalities, nurtured on deep thought, fine music and hard rye bread, somewhat lacking in cultural cohesion. Yet between the end of the Thirty Years War and unification under Bismarck, Germany became the land of philosophers and poets, writers and composers. Roderick Cavaliero provides a fascinating overview of Germany's cultural zenith and its artistic exports - including the literature of Goethe and Grimm, the music of Wagner, Schumann and Mendelssohn and the philosophy of Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Schiller and Kant. Providing a comprehensive and highly-readable account of Germany from Frederick the Great to Bismarck, 'Genius, Power and Magic' is fascinating reading for anyone interested in European history and the extraordinary cultural legacy of this golden age
Note:
Description based on print version record
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