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| List of Illustrations | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | xiii | |
| Introduction: Art and Politics in Modern Germany | 1 | |
| Part 1 | Family and Education | |
| 1. | Pirates and Philosophers | 13 |
| 2. | From Ascot to Hamburg | 22 |
| 3. | At the University | 33 |
| 4. | From New York to Potsdam | 47 |
| Part 2 | Apprenticeship | |
| 5. | Berlin in the 1890s | 59 |
| 6. | Decadence and Renewal | 73 |
| 7. | A Change of Plans | 88 |
| Part 3 | The Third Weimar | |
| 8. | The New Weimar | 99 |
| 9. | The Culture of the Eye | 116 |
| 10. | A Theater of Dreams | 129 |
| 11. | The Rodin Scandal | 145 |
| Part 4 | The Fever Curve | |
| 12. | Greek Idylls | 159 |
| 13. | Hofmannsthal and Der Rosenkavalier | 176 |
| 14. | A Monument for Nietzsche | 185 |
| 15. | The Legend of Joseph | 196 |
| Part 5 | War's Purifying Fire | |
| 16. | Furor Teutonicus | 219 |
| 17. | Pax Germania | 237 |
| 18. | Propaganda and Peace Feelers | 249 |
| 19. | Apocalyptic Times | 266 |
| Part 6 | The Red Count | |
| 20. | The Lost Revolution | 279 |
| 21. | Pacifism and Its Discontents | 298 |
| 22. | Diplomatic Missions | 315 |
| 23. | American Interlude | 327 |
| 24. | Retreat from Politics | 346 |
| Part 7 | The Path Downward | |
| 25. | The Golden Twenties | 365 |
| 26. | Revenge of the Philistines | 384 |
| 27. | "And thus he left me" | 397 |
| Conclusion: A World Forever Lost? | 409 | |
| Notes | 413 | |
| Bibliography | 461 | |
| Index | 483 |
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Glenn Arakaki
reviewed The Red Count: The Life and Times of Harry Kessler on March 05, 2021
The Red Count: The Life and Times of Harry Kessler
I stopped this book about a hundred pages in. Long winded, overly philosophical and none of the Kessler's life was staying with me. I'm not even sure who this book was written for.
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