Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (Pelican S.) - Softcover

Gay, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140217215 ISBN 13: 9780140217216

Publisher: Penguin, 1974

Synopsis

A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles, now reissued with a new introduction. First published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay's distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artistic, literary, and musical culture that bloomed ever so briefly in the 1920s amid the chaos of Germany's tenuous post-World War I democracy, and crashed violently in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Despite the ephemeral nature of the Weimar democracy, the influence of its culture was profound and far-reaching, ushering in a modern sensibility in the arts that dominated Western culture for most of the twentieth century. Vivid and eminently readable, Weimar Culture is the finest introduction for the casual reader and historian alike. 16 b/w illustrations.

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Review:

Absorbing...[Peter Gay] has recaptured the spirit of this exciting decade and he provides a reliable guide to it.--Walter Laqueur

A virtuoso performance, not the least because it has captured, with the greatest possible economy, a culture whose origin and essence were closely intertwined with its politics.--Peter Jacobsohn

About the Author:

Peter Gay is the author of more than forty books, including the best-selling Freud: A Life for Our Times and the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0140217215
• ISBN 13: 9780140217216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240