1930: Europe in the Shadow of the Beast

by Arthur Haberman

The year 1930 can be seen as the dawn of a period of darkness, the beginning of a decade that Auden would style "low, dishonest." That year was one of the most reflective moments in modernity. After the optimism of the nineteenth century, the West had stumbled into war in 1914. It managed to survive a conflagration, but it failed in the aftermath to create something valued.

In 1930, Europe was questioning itself and its own viability. Where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771123613
• ISBN13: 9781771123617
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"