Why the Romantics Matter

Informationen zum Autor Peter Gay is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus! Yale University! and former director of the New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers. He is the author of dozens of books and has won numerous awards for his scholarship! including the National Book Award and a Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Guiding readers through the history of the romantic movement across Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland, the author argues that the best way to conceptualize romanticism is to accept its complicated nature and acknowledge that there is no "single basket" to contain it. Zusammenfassung A renowned scholar's reflections on the romantic period! its disparate participants! and our unacknowledged debt to them

Autorentext
Peter Gay, 1923 in Berlin geboren, emigrierte 1939, als Jude von Verfolgung bedroht, in die Vereinigten Staaten. Er war Professor für Geschichte an der Yale University in New Haven und ist derzeit Direktor des Center for Scholars and Writers an der New York Public Library. Er ist Ehrenmitglied der Amerikanischen Psychoanalytischen Gesellschaft und gilt als einer der besten Kenner der deutsch-jüdischen Kultur. 1999 erhielt er den Geschwister-Scholl-Preis.

Klappentext
Guiding readers through the history of the romantic movement across Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland, the author argues that the best way to conceptualize romanticism is to accept its complicated nature and acknowledge that there is no "single basket" to contain it.

Zusammenfassung
A renowned scholar's reflections on the romantic period, its disparate participants, and our unacknowledged debt to them

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