The red count
Subtitle: the life and times of Harry Kessler
By: Laird McLeod Easton.
Series: Weimar and now ;; 30
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937.; Diplomats -- Germany -- Biography.; Intellectuals -- Germany -- Biography.; Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography.; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-481) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: FAMILY AND EDUCATION; title: 1. Pirates and Philosophers; title: 2. From Ascot to Hamburg; title: 3. At the University; title: 4. From New York to Potsdam; title: PART TWO: APPRENTICESHIP; title: 5. Berlin in the I89os; title: 6. Decadence and Renewal; title: 7. A Change of Plans; title: PART THREE: THE THIRD WEIMAR; title: 8. The New Weimar; title: 9. The Culture of the Eye; title: 10. A Theater of Dreams; title: 11. The Rodin Scandal; title: PART FOUR: THE FEVER CURVE; title: 12. Greek Idylls; title: 13. Hofmannsthal and Der Rosenkavalier; title: 14. A Monument for Nietzsche; title: 15. The Legend of Joseph; title: PART FIVE: WAR'S PURIFYING FIRE; title: 16. Furor Teutonicus; title: 17. Pax Germania; title: 18. Propaganda and Peace Feelers; title: 19. Apocalyptic Times; title: PART SIX: THE RED COUNT; title: 20. The Lost Revolution; title: 21. Pacifism and Its Discontents; title: 22. Diplomatic Missions; title: 23. American Interlude; title: 24. Retreat from Politics; title: PART SEVEN: THE PATH DOWNWARD; title: 25. The Golden Twenties; title: 26. Revenge of the Philistines; title: 27. "And thus he left me"; title: Conclusion: A World Forever Lost?.