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German freedom and the Greek ideal the cultural legacy from Goethe to Mann /

This book traces this German idea of freedom from the late Enlightenment through the early twentieth century. McGrath shows how German intellectual and artists invoked the ancient Greeks in order to inspire Germans to cultural renewal and to enrich their understanding of freedom as something deeper...

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Main Authors: McGrath, William J.
Group Author: Applegate, Celia.; Frontz, Stephanie.; Marchand, Suzanne L., 1961-
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Subjects:
Social & cultural history > 20th century > 20th century > Germany.
History of ideas > 20th century > 20th century > Germany.
European history > 20th century > 20th century > Germany.
History.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137369482
Summary: This book traces this German idea of freedom from the late Enlightenment through the early twentieth century. McGrath shows how German intellectual and artists invoked the ancient Greeks in order to inspire Germans to cultural renewal and to enrich their understanding of freedom as something deeper and more urgent that political life could offer.
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Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137369475, 2013.
Carrier Form: 276 p. : 20 b&w, ill.
ISBN: 9781137369482 :
1137369485 :
CLC: K516
Contents: 1. Freedom and Authority: Goethe's Faust and the Greek War of Independence 2. The Aesthetics of Freedom: The Architecture of Gottfried Semper 3. From Political Freedom to Self-Denial: Wagner's Ring and the Revolutions of 1848 4. Nietzsche and the Freedom of Self-Overcoming 5. From Self-Denial to Political Freedom: The Odyssey of Thomas Mann.

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