num_pages: 240
description: 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 eminently readable, Weimar Culture is the finest introduction for the casual reader and historian alike.
language: English
title: Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
titlecomplete: Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
characters: Bertolt Brecht, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Meinecke, Otto von Bismarck, Stefan Zweig, Carl Zuckmayer, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Friedrich Hölderlin, Rainer Maria Rilke
genres: History, Cultural, European History, Germany, German Literature, Art History, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Art, Politics
ratings_count: 907
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company