Fin-De-Siecle Vienna
Politics and Culture (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
17 September 1990
Summary
A Pulitzer Prize Winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time—a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born.
“Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline of intellectual history is currently practiced by its most able and ambitious craftsmen. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780394744780 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0394744780 |
| Author: | Carl E. Schorske |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 1990 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 155mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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“Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline of intellectual history is currently practiced by its most able and ambitious craftsmen.” –David A. Hollinger
About The Author
Carl E. Schorske
Carl E. Schorske was born in the Bronx and graduated from Columbia Colege and earned a master’s degree from Harvard before serving in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He returned to Harvard for his Ph.D. He was a Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and has served as Director of European Cultural Studies at Princeton University. He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his book, Fin-de-Siècle Vienna won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. He died in 2015 at the age of 100.
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