Decisive Moments in History: Twelve Historical Miniatures (STUDIES IN AUSTRIAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THOUGHT TRANSLATION SERIES) - Softcover

Zweig, Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572410671 ISBN 13: 9781572410671

Publisher: Ariadne Press, 2007

Synopsis

The factors that change the course of history are primarily the product of the contributions made by individual lives to the broad pattern of mortal existence. In his collection of 'historical miniatures,' Stefan Zweig celebrates the monumental power of the spirit to discover, to create, to transcend the limits imposed by the temporal and physical environment, while at the same time underlining man's inability to escape from the realities of his own nature. Among Zweig's illustrations of decisive moments in human experience are the stories of a siege during which seventy ships are moved across a mountainous headland in a single night, a love affair between a seventy-four-year-old poet and a nineteen-year-old girl, and a man who legally owned much of the state of California, only to have it taken from him because the government would not defend his rights. .

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Ariadne Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1572410671
• ISBN 13: 9781572410671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256