num_pages: 272
description: Essays on Karl Jaspers, Rosa Luxemburg, Pope John XXIII, Isak Dinesen, Bertolt Brecht, Randall Jarrell, and others whose lives and work illuminated the early part of the century.Table of contents- Preface- On Humanity in Dark Times: Thoughts about Lessing- Rosa Luxemburg 1871-1919- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli: A Christian on St. Peter's Chair from 1958 to 1963- Karl Jaspers: A Laudation- Karl jaspers: Citizen of the World- Isak Dinesen 1885-1963- Herman Broch 1886-1951- Walter Benjamin 1892-1940- Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956- Waldemar Gurian 1903-1954- Randall Jarrell 1914-1965IndexAbout the AuthorFootnotes
language: English
title: Men In Dark Times
titlecomplete: Men In Dark Times
genres: 20th Century, History, German Literature, Theory, Philosophy, Essays, Politics, Political Science, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 621
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Harvest Books