Genius, power and magic : a cultural history of Germany from Goethe to Wagner / Roderick Cavaliero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavaliero, Roderick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual life.

History.

Germany--Intellectual life--History--19th century.

Germany.

Germany--Social life and customs--19th century.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

vi, 378 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B.Tauris, 2013.

Summary:

"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."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Fitzboodle in Pumpernickel

2.A German Panorama

3.Genius: Germans in Search of God

4.Genius: Germans in Search of Man (1)

5.Genius: Germans in Search of Man (2)

6.Potentates and Patrons (1)

7.Potentates and Patrons (2)

8.The Catholic South

9.Magic: Musical Germany

10.Pumpernickel Discovered

11.Revolution Across the Rhine

12.The Return of `Pumpernickel'

13.Romance on the Rhine

14.The Tales of the Hoffmen

15.Harmony and Dissonance

16.Butterflies or Maggots

17.`Pumpernickel' by Binoculars

18.Power over Genius and Magic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780764009

1780764006

OCLC:

849231326