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Author:

McGrath, William J., 1937- author.

Title:

German freedom and the Greek ideal : the cultural legacy from Goethe to Mann / William J. McGrath ; edited by Celia Applegate, Stephanie Frontz, and Suzanne Marchand.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxxv, 236 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Arts, German--Political aspects.
Liberty in art.
Germany--Greek influences.--Greek influences.

Other Authors:

Applegate, Celia, writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.
Frontz, Stephanie, editor.
Marchand, Suzanne L., 1961- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Freedom and Authority : Goethe's Faust and the Greek War of Independence -- The Aesthetics of Freedom : The Architecture of Gottfried Semper -- From Political Freedom to Self-Denial : Wagner's Ring and the Revolutions of 1848 -- Nietzsche and the Freedom of Self-Overcoming -- From Self-Denial to Political Freedom : The Odyssey of Thomas Mann.

Series:

Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history

ISBN:

1137369477 (alk. paper)
9781137369475 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852224988

LCCN:

2013019982

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)