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Located at the epicentre of modern Europe's most significant and turbulent events, Berlin has long held a magnetic attraction for writers. From nineteenth-century authors recording the city's dramatic transition from Prussian Hauptstadt to German capital after 1871 and the modernist intell...
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I.B. Tauris,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Literary guides for travellers
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Located at the epicentre of modern Europe's most significant and turbulent events, Berlin has long held a magnetic attraction for writers. From nineteenth-century authors recording the city's dramatic transition from Prussian Hauptstadt to German capital after 1871 and the modernist intellectuals of the Weimar period, to the resistance writers brave enough to write during the dark years of the Nazi era and those who captured life on both sides of the divided city, a body of literature has emerged that reveals Berlin's ever-shifting identity. Since 1989, Berlin has yet again become a crucible |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-270) and index. |
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9781784536428 (hardback) : 1784536423 (hardback) 9780857728647 (eISBN) 0857728644 (eISBN) 9780857728371 (ePDF) 0857728377 (ePDF) |
| Index Number: | DD859 |
| CLC: | K951.69 |
| Call Number: | K951.69/S951 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Mitte: the Royal City -- Alexanderplatz, the Scheunenviertel and the Spandauer Vorstadt -- Charlottenburg -- Grunewald and Wannsee -- Schöneberg -- Wedding and Moabit -- Kreuzberg -- Friedrichshain -- Prenzlauer Berg. |