Decisive Moments in History. Twelve Historical Miniatures

[1999]: Ariadne Press, Riverside, CA

Decisive Moments in History. Twelve Historical Miniatures [Sternstunden der Menschheit. Zwölf historische Miniaturen]. Translated with an afterword by Lowell A. Bangerter. Cover design by George McGinnis. 253p. [Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series]

Contents

[1].

Foreword [Vorwort. Stefan Zweig], pp. (5)-6

[2].

Flight into Immortality. The Discovery of the Pacific Ocean, September 25, 1513 [Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit. Die Entdeckung des Pazifischen Ozeans, 25. September 1513], pp. (7)-31

[3].

The Conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453 [Die Eroberung von Byzanz, 29. Mai 1453], pp. (33)-59

[4].

George Frederick Handel’s Resurrection, August 21, 1741 [Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung, 21. August 1741], pp. (61)-83

[5].

The Genius of One Night, "La Marseillaise", April 25, 1792 [Das Genie einer Nacht, "Die Marseillaise", 25. April 1792], pp. (85)-101

[6].

The World Minute of Waterloo, Napoleon. June 18, 1815 [Die Weltminute von Waterloo, Napoleon, 18. Juni 1815], pp. (103)-118

[7].

The Marienbad Elegy. Goethe between Karlsbad and Weimar, September 5, 1823 [Die Marienbader Elegie. Goethe zwischen Karlsbad und Weimar, 5. September 1823], pp. (119)-129

[8].

The Discovery of El Dorado. J. A. Sutter, California, January 1848 [Die Entdeckung Eldorados. J. A. Sutter, Kalifornien, Januar 1848], pp. (131)-141

[9].

Heroic Moment. Dostoyevsky, St. Petersburg, Semenovsk Square, December 22, 1849 [Heroischer Augenblick. Dostojewski, Petersburg, Semenowskplatz, 22. Dezember 1849], pp. (143)-151

[10].

The First Word to Cross the Ocean [Field] [H 180]

[11].

Escape to God [Tolstoy] [E 6]

[12].

The Battle for the South Pole [Scott] [H 616]

[13].

The Sealed Train [Lenin] [H 395]

[14].

Afterword [Lowell A. Bangerter. “Afterword”, pp. (249)-253]