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Informationen zum Autor By David Clay Large Klappentext In this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe, noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity to the present. He vividly shows that they were not only centers of healing but hotbeds of artistic creation, nests of social intrigue, and gilded venues for high-level politicking. Zusammenfassung In this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe! noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity to the present. He vividly shows that they were not only centers of healing but hotbeds of artistic creation! nests of social intrigue! and gilded venues for high-level politicking. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Spas and Spa Culture from the Greco-Roman World to the Grand Tour The Ancient West Decline and Resurrection The Grand Tour Chapter 2: Baden-Baden: The "Summer Capital of Europe" Becoming Baden-Baden Faites Votre Jeu: The Age of Bénazet August Granville's Baden-Baden The "Jewish Question" Getting There The Revolutions of 1848-1849 Chapter 3: Muses in the Water Two Titans at the Fountains: Goethe and Beethoven Scribble, Squander, Soak: Romantic-Era Writers in Baden-Baden The Sound of Music Chapter 4: Roulettenburg: Russian Writers at the Grand German Spas Troubled in Soul (and Bowels): Nikolai Gogol in Baden-Baden Ivan Turgenev's Path to the West Turgenev versus Tolstoy Ménage à Trois on the Oos Fedor Dostoevsky in German Spa Land Showdown in Baden-Baden Do Svidaniya to Deutschland Chapter 5: Politics on the Promenade A Line in the Water The German Question(s) Five Balls over the Waters: Bismarck's Alliance System Vicky, Willy, Nicky, Bertie, and Franz Josef Chapter 6: Modernization and Its Discontents Innovations Medicalization: "It's Not Just about the Waters Anymore!" A Jewish Space Taking the Waters with Marx/Twain Chapter 7: Trouble in Paradise: Spa-Town Life from World War I to the Triumph of Hitler The Grand Spas at War German Spa Towns and the Weimar Republic Rump Austria Slouching toward Berlin: Karlsbad and Marienbad in the Twenties and Thirties Chapter 8: Brown Waters: Grand Spas under the Third Reich Nazis and Spas "Germany's Visiting Card" "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" A Coda: Badenheim 1939 Wartime Chapter 9: A New BeginningPostwar Recovery Epilogue: The Grand Spas Today Acknowledgments Principal Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Index About the Author...
