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Jena 1800: The Republic of Free Spirits

By Peter Neumann, Shelley Frisch (Translator)
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$27.00
By Peter Neumann, Shelley Frisch (Translator)
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“An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible.” —Claire Messud, Harper’s

Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional ...

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