This remarkable and engaging book examines the intellectual and cultural life of turn--of--the--century Vienna, one of the most important centres of creativity in Europe. Le Rider uses the notion of identity to bring together diverse aspects of the Viennese fin de siecle in a new and illumin[...]
Twain's writings capture the energy and colour, the cruelty and hardship, of the post-pioneer years of the American mid-west. Drawing on first-hand experience, Twain was able to offer his nation a glimpse of its own centre through his focus on the individuals and communities gathered about the 'str[...]