Dreamers
Weidermann, Volker, 1969-2018
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At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February 1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed. But while the dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the intellectuals who led the way. As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German cultural history were involved. In his characteristically lucid, sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history - November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of people could have altered the course of the 20th century.
Main title:
Dreamers / Volker Weidermann and Ruth Martin.
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Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2018.London : Pushkin Press, 2018.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781782275046 (hbk)
Dewey class:
943.3085
Language:
English
Subject:
Bavaria (Germany) -- History -- Revolution, 1918-1919Arts and revolutions -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryIntellectuals -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryAuthors -- Political and social viewsGermany -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryHistoryGermanyInter-war period c 1919 to c 1939Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000European historyRevolutions, uprisings, rebellions
BRN:
2066037