The garden and the workshop : essays on the cultural history of Vienna and Budapest / Péter Hanák.

Author/creator Hanák, Péter
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxxiii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Vienna (Austria)--Civilization.
Budapest (Hungary)--Civilization.
Vienna (Austria)--Intellectual life.
Budapest (Hungary)--Intellectual life.

Contents Urbanization and civilization : Vienna and Budapest in the nineteenth century -- The image of the Germans and the Jews in the Hungarian mirror of the nineteenth century -- The garden and the workshop : reflections on fin-de-siècle culture in Vienna and Budapest -- The alienation of death in Budapest and Vienna at the turn of the century -- The start of Endre Ady's literary career (1903-1905) -- The cultural role of the Vienna-Budapest operetta -- Social marginality and cultural creativity in Vienna and Budapest (1890-1914) -- Vox populi : intercepted letters in the First World War.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-240) and index.
LCCN 97022688
ISBN0691015546 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DB851 .H34 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold