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German Freedom and the Greek Ideal: The Cultural Legacy from Goethe to Mann

German Freedom and the Greek Ideal: The Cultural Legacy from Goethe to Mann - Hardcover

by W. McGrath
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Availability:In StockContributor:W. McGrath, C. Applegate, S. FrontzSeries:Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual HistoryTheme:Aspects (Academic)/Art Aspects, Chronological Period/18th Century, Chronological Period/19th Century, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/Germany, Interdisciplinary Studies/ClassicsPublish date:12/18/2013Pages:236
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137369475ISBN-10:1137369477UPC:9781137369475Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, ModernBook Topic:Germany, 18th CenturySize:8.70 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.454Product ID:SC4XXJ3XJM
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781137369475ISBN-10:1137369477UPC:9781137369475Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, ModernBook Topic:Germany, 18th CenturySize:8.70 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.454Product ID:SC4XXJ3XJM

William J. McGrath was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Rochester where he taught modern European thought and ancient history and was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 1978. Following a Fulbright fellowship year in Vienna, Professor McGrath completed his doctorate in 1965 at the University of California at Berkeley. He taught at the University of Chicago before moving to Rochester in 1971.


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Edition

2013 Edition

Contributor(s)

W. McGrath, C. Applegate, S. Frontz

Author

W. McGrath

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