Publisher Description
A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles.
First published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay's distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artistic, literary, and musical culture that bloomed ever so briefly in the 1920s amid the chaos of Germany's tenuous post–World War I democracy, and crashed violently in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Despite the ephemeral nature of the Weimar democracy, the influence of its culture was profound and far-reaching, ushering in a modern sensibility in the arts that dominated Western culture for most of the twentieth century. Vivid and highly engaging, Weimar Culture is the finest introduction for the casual listener and historian alike.
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About Peter Gay
Peter Gay is Sterling Professor of
History Emeritus at Yale University and former director of the New York Public
Library's Center for Scholars and Writers. The author of more than twenty-five
books, he has received numerous awards for his scholarship, including the
National Book Award in History and Biography, the first Amsterdam Prize for
Historical Science from The Hague, and the Gold Medal of the American Academy
of Arts and Letters. He was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1923 and immigrated to
the United States in 1941.
About James Anderson Foster
James Anderson Foster, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has narrated audiobooks for a variety of publishers, across nearly all genres, both fiction and nonfiction. In 2015, he was a finalist in three categories for the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Voice Arts Awards—mystery, science fiction, and fantasy.