Schorske, a pulitzer prizewinning historian, genius grant recipient and popular classroom lecturer, whose book findesiecle vienna is widely regarded as a classic work of. Before i turned my focus towards gauguin, i began with a survey of gustav klimts artwork. Recently revisiting vienna, i reread this famous work by carl e. Get an answer for what is the importance of findesiecle vienna by carl. A pulitzer prize winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time. In its dramatic readability wittgensteins poker brings to mind simon winchesters the professor and the madman. Schorske s collection of articles weaved into book form, covers viennese cultural history in the late nineteenth century. Em 1981 recebe o premio pulitzer, na categoria nao ficcao, por seu livro vienna findesiecle, aonde faz uma importante analise da intelectualidade europeia da epoca. Just a few years ago i interviewed carl about his interest in freud, and throughout our afternoon together he kept returning to his love of music of listening to it and making it. Sep 19, 2015 carl schorske, the daytonstockton professor of history, emeritus, at princeton university and an authority on the intellectual and cultural history of 19th and 20th century europe, died sunday, sept. Sie kulminierten 1979 in dem werk findesiecle vienna. A landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time.
Skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. I published a summary of our conversation here, and ended my essay with the following. Schorske, eminent scholar, author, and gifted lecturer, taught european intellectual history at u. Schorske was born in the bronx, graduated from columbia college, and earned a masters degree from harvard before serving in the office of strategic services, a precursor to the central intelligence agency, during world war ii. It has been described as a magnificent revelation of turnofthecentury vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. This beautifully written book makes us reckon anew with the deep costs of war. His father, a german banker, his mother of jewish heritage, young carl was exposed to an extensive amount of political discussion. A collection of essays, it focuses on some of the artists, politicians and scientists who defined finde siecle vienna, such as otto wagner, gustav klimt, sigmund freud, arnold schoenberg. A pulitzer prize winner and landmark book from one of the truly original. Schorske, eminent american historian who with his universally admired findesiecle vienna. The trajectory is from the autonomy of garden and lover, through their integration, to the disintegration of both. Schorske won the 1981 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. A journalists odyssey, by marshall frady new american library china men, by maxine hong kingston knopf. Review article carl schorskes fi ndesiede vienna robert a.
Vienna secession klimt, freud, and jung suites culturelles. Carl schorske s book was my central text and thus i outlined it in some detail and took copious notes, plus we talked about it in class many days. He pioneered a new kind of intellectual and cultural history that paid as much attention to emotions as it did to. Schorske has concentrated on the emergence of twentiethcentury modes of thought and art in the context of the crisis of late liberal society. Read online, or download in secure epub format a pulitzer prize winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time. Sep 28, 2015 elsewhere in the library, i found a copy of carl schorskes findesiecle vienna.
Carl schorske s book was my central text and thus i outlined it in some detail and took copious notes. A collection of essays, it focuses on some of the artists, politicians and scientists who defined findesiecle vienna, such as otto wagner, gustav klimt, sigmund freud, arnold schoenberg. Schorske, was an american cultural historian and professor emeritus at princeton university. Schorske a landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time. Sep 30, 2015 carl e schorske, who has died aged 100, was one of americas leading historians. Politics and culture 1980, which remains significant to modern european intellectual history. What is the importance of findesiecle vienna by carl. It is rather a collection of essays on selected topics which. Findesiecle vienna by carl schorske webster university.
In this book, the distinguished historian carl schorskeauthor of the pulitzer prizewinning findesiecle viennadraws together a series of essays that reveal the changing place of history in nineteenthand twentiethcentury. Described by its publisher as a magnificent revelation of turnofthecentury vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born, the book won the 1981. Vienna secession klimt, freud, and jung posted on august 24, 2011 by kat sark though seeming to deal with aesthetic problems, modern art is really performing a work of psychological education on the public by breaking down and destroying their previous aesthetic views of what is beautiful in form and meaningful in content. The cover featured a lush goldcolored background, with a vertical rectangular form imposed on it that looked like a bookmark or bookplate. In 1981 he won the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction for his book findesiecle vienna. Politics and culture, which knopf had published in 1980. Schorske, a sometimes difficult but rewarding read. Carl emil schorske wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Reading schorske is like riding a time machine to vienna around the tumultuous late 1800s to 1900.
Politics and culture is a 1979 transdisciplinary nonfiction book written by cultural historian carl e. In it, sagan combines the fields of in the at the end of the war, and immediately afterwards. Carl emil schorske march 15, 1915 september, 2015, known professionally as carl e. Schorske, 9780394744780, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But, be warned, schorske is an intellectual historian, and though his exposition is easy to read, his themes are academic and copiously detailed.
Berkeley during the politically turbulent decade of the 60s before leaving to teach history at princeton. Politics and culture, literally wrote the book on vienna 1900, the citys undisputed golden age. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read findesiecle vienna. Schorske was born in the bronx and graduated from columbia colege and earned a masters degree from harvard before serving in the office of strategic services, a precursor to the central intelligence agency, during world war ii. Oct 22, 2012 this is the summary of findesiecle vienna. Politics and culture 1 1980, which remains significant to. Carl e schorske, who has died aged 100, was one of americas leading historians. Alex ross on the influence of carl schorske and his book findesiecle vienna. Kann carl schorske s longexpected book is by no means a comprehensive history of the amazing intellectual, artistic, and psychological development of vienna at the turn of the nine.
Shows us, in disturbing but illuminating detail, how violence and cruelty register on the psyche. Schorske, a pulitzer prizewinning historian and popular classroom lecturer whose findesiecle vienna is widely regarded as a classic work of intellectual scholarship, died sept. Politics and culture, written by american cultural historian carl e. A meaty, exceedingly wellresearched and engaging book. Carl schorske is most likely the ultimate scholar on findesiecle vienna and provides excellent background. Carl schorske is an intellectual historian who explores the relationship between european high culture and social and political change. Carl schorske, who reshaped the study of cultural history. Carl e schorske, who has died aged 100, was one of americas leading. Nominated as finalists in general nonfiction in 1981. A landmark book from one of the original scholars of our time.
720 988 864 174 1194 1142 569 943 1446 641 1094 107 1082 53 117 1414 1384 1228 104 75 510 228 938 866 1376 1329 169 190 1077 133 1091 847 484 190 1368 1457 46 985 1297 750 507