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Mythomania
Peter Conrad’s exhilarating book exposes the absurdity and occasional insanity of our godforsaken, demon-haunted contemporary culture. Conrad casts his brilliant beam upon subjects …
Modern Times, Modern Places
The world changed faster during the 20th century than ever before. All our previous assumptions about God, our social, economic and political structures, science and technology, …
Verdi and/or Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their …
The Mysteries of Cinema
People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words – yet they were also alarmed to be …
How the World Was Won
In this dazzling new book, cultural critic and historian Peter Conrad tells the story of the spectacular rise and subsequent waning of American influence across the world since …