Bibliograph

Journey to the abyss, the diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918, edited, translated, and with an introduction by Laird M. Easton

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Journey to the abyss, the diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918, edited, translated, and with an introduction by Laird M. Easton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Journey to the abyss

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

812781083

Responsibility statement

edited, translated, and with an introduction by Laird M. Easton

Sub title

the diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918

Summary

"Set in Paris, London, Berlin, and Weimar, with trips to America and Asia--a selection of the early diaries, 1880-1918, of Count Harry Kessler, the Anglo-German art patron, aesthete, museum director, publisher, cultural critic, cultural attaché, soldier, and secret agent"--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Boyhood and education: June 1880-December 1891 -- A trip around the world: December 1891-October 1893 -- Becoming modern: October 1893-April 1902 -- The new Weimar: April 1902-July 1906 -- The Belle Époque: July 1906-July 1914 -- At the front: July 1914-July 1916 -- Endgame: July 1916-November 1918 -- Epilogue

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Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918

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