{"product_id":"weimar-in-princeton-stanley-corngold-9781501386480","title":"Weimar in Princeton: Thomas Mann and the Kahler Circle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann arrived in Princeton in 1938, in exile from Nazi Germany, and feted in his new country as \"the greatest living man of letters.\" This beautiful new book from literary critic Stanley Corngold tells the little known story of Mann's early years in America and his encounters with a group of highly gifted 駑igr駸 in Princeton, which came to be called the Kahler Circle, with Mann at its center. The Circle included immensely creative, mostly German-speaking exiles from Nazism, foremost Mann, Erich Kahler, Hermann Broch, and Albert Einstein, all of whom, during the Circle's nascent years in Princeton, were \"stupendously\" productive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn clear, engaging prose, Corngold explores the traces the Circle left behind during Mann's stay in Princeton, treating literary works and political statements, anecdotes, contemporary history, and the Circle's afterlife. \u003ci\u003eWeimar in Princeton\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a fascinating scene of cultural production, at a critical juncture in the 20th century, and the experiences of an extraordinary group of writers and thinkers who gathered together to mourn a lost culture and to reckon with the new world in which they had arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Corngold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501386484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501386480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Stanley Corngold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058761462015,"sku":"9781501386480","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bf2faec-e2d9-4db2-9ace-acc0bd6b78f7.jpg?v=1685054372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weimar-in-princeton-stanley-corngold-9781501386480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}