Liberalism, Nationalism, and Degeneration: The Case of Max Nordau
1980; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0008938900009067
ISSN1569-1616
Autores Tópico(s)Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
ResumoHow anyone today first comes to hear the name Max Nordau says much about his interests. He might, if his literary tastes so dictate, chance across him in Bram Stoker's Dracula , where Mina Harker cites Nordau as evidence that the count is a criminal and therefore of imperfectly formed mind. For Dracula's and Nordau's contemporaries, however, no such fortuitous encounters were necessary. Nordau was a household name whose most popular books appeared in scores of editions in a dozen languages. As a personality he was as colossal as his reputation. As critic, philosopher, novelist, playwright, sociologist, versifier, orator, journalist, polyglot, Zionist, psychologist, and physician, his versatility is impressive even when measured against an age when many tried their hand at more than one thing.
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