Why Weimar?: Questioning the Legacy of Weimar from Goethe to 1999: 5 (McGill European Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820468339 ISBN 13: 9780820468334

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2003

Synopsis

In 1999, two hundred and fifty years after Goethe’s birth, Weimar was named the European Capital of Culture. This collection of essays by German and North American specialists explores such topics as architecture, architectural history, art history, cultural studies, German studies, political science, religious studies, sociology, and social history in an assessment of Weimar’s legacy from Goethe to 1999. Why Weimar? offers critical reflections on Goethe and his involvement in politics; on the crucial stages in the social history of Weimar; on the uses and misuses of Weimar in the construction of a German cultural identity; on Weimar and its legacy in art history and in literature; on Holocaust memorials; as well as on other issues at the intersection of culture and politics from the Weimar Republic to the Berlin Republic.

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The Editors: The four editors, Peter M. Daly, Hans Walter Frischkopf, Trudis E. Goldsmith-Reber, and Horst Richter are members of McGill University's Department of German Studies. They have considerable experience in teaching and research on questions relating to German language, literature, culture, and history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820468339
• ISBN 13: 9780820468334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 341
• Editor: Daly Peter M., Frischkopf Hans Walter, Goldsmith-Reber Trudis E.