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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
ix, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Histories of German philosophy in the nineteenth century typically focus on its first half-when Hegel, idealism, and Romanticism dominated. By contrast, the remainder of the century, after Hegel's death, has been relatively neglected because it has been seen as a period of stagnation and decline. But Frederick Beiser argues that the second half of the century was in fact one of the most revolutionary periods in modern philosophy because the nature...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xv, 267 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 'Grimm legacies,' esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world--the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvi, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Martin Luther posted his "theses" on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517, protesting corrupt practices, he was virtually unknown. Within months, his ideas spread across Germany, then all of Europe; within years, their author was not just famous, but infamous, responsible for catalyzing the violent wave of religious reform that would come to be known as the Protestant Reformation and engulfing Europe in decades of bloody war. Luther came...
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