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Culture and Society in Classical Weimar 1775–1806

Culture and Society in Classical Weimar 1775–1806

Culture and Society in Classical Weimar 1775–1806

W. H. Bruford
March 1975
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Paperback
9780521099103
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    A paperback of the hardcover edition, first published in 1962. The book describes Goethe's Weimar from documents and research and interprets the connections between German culture and German society both in the age of Goethe and later. To this book Professor Bruford has written a sequel, The German Tradition of Self-Cultivation, and the two books together offer an introduction to the whole evolution of the German intellectual tradition.

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    March 1975
    Paperback
    9780521099103
    496 pages
    216 × 140 × 28 mm
    0.63kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Duchess Anna Amalia and Weiland, 1756–1775
    • 2. Socila Conditions in Weimar and Gothe's Reactions
    • 3. Goethe's Cultural Leadership and Personal Life, 1775–86
    • 4. Weimar Theories of Culture
    • 5. Weimar's Cultural Institutions and their Creators
    • 6. The Later History of the Weimar Ideals.
      Author
    • W. H. Bruford