Decisive Moments in History : Twelve Historical Miniatures,9781572410671

Decisive Moments in History : Twelve Historical Miniatures

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ISBN13: 9781572410671
ISBN10: 1572410671
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher(s): Ariadne Pr
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Summary

Contains 12 brief accounts by Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) of decisive historical moments in which an individual's will to discover, create, and transcend the limits imposed by the temporal and physical environment conflicts with the individual's inability to escape from the realities of their own nature.

Author Biography

Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna in 1881. During his literary career he produced poetry, dramas, and narrative prose, but achieved his greatest acclaim as the writer of lively biographies of cultural and creative personalities in European history and literature, as well as essays and significant reminiscences about life and culture in the Austrian monarchy. He committed suicide in Brazil in 1942.

Table of Contents

Foreword 5(2)
Flight into Immortality
7(26)
The Conquest of Byzantium
33(28)
George Frederick Handel's Resurrection
61(24)
The Genius of One Night
85(18)
The World Minute of Waterloo
103(16)
The Marienbad Elegy
119(12)
The Discovery of El Dorado
131(12)
Heroic Moment
143(10)
The First Word to Cross the Ocean
153(22)
Escape to God
175(40)
The Battle for the South Pole
215(20)
The Sealed Train
235(14)
Afterword 249

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