Genius, Power and Magic: A Cultural History of Germany from Goethe to Wagner - Rilegato

Cavaliero, Roderick

 
9781780764009: Genius, Power and Magic: A Cultural History of Germany from Goethe to Wagner

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Roderick Cavaliero provides a fascinating overview of Germany's cultural zenith and its artistic exports. Comprehensive and highly-readable, 'Genius, Power and Magic' surveys the legacy of this golden age, including the literature of Goethe and Grimm, the music of Wagner, Schumann and Mendelssohn and the philosophy of Schiller and Kant.

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Roderick Cavaliero is a writer and historian whose interests range hugely and reflect a distinguished professional life. After reading history at Oxford he taught in Malta, and later joined the British Council, serving successively in New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, London and Rome, becoming Deputy Director-General. He has since been chairman of the Management Committee of the British School in Rome and Trustee of the Keats-Shelley Memorial House, and of the Charles Wallace India Trust. Italia Romantica is based on his intimate knowledge of Italy's history and the role of romantic literature.

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9781350239760: Genius, Power and Magic: A Cultural History of Germany from Goethe to Wagner

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ISBN 10:  1350239763 ISBN 13:  9781350239760
Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
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