Kenneth's review
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
by Peter Gay
Kenneth's review
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Peter Gay
Kenneth's review
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Peter Gay's invaluable overview of the brief life of the Weimar Republic reads at times like a wild annotated bibliography: Gay's scholarship is impressive and inspiring. There are a few instances where his objectivity takes flight (for example, his sudden vitriolic dismissal of Fritz Lang), but on the whole his critical treatments remain tempered and insightful. Also includes a political history and timeline of Weimar and a wonderfully exhausting bibliography.
