Men in Dark Times

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Men in Dark Times, published by Mariner Books Classics, offers a profound exploration of historical and cultural challenges through insightful essays. This 336-page English edition supports text-to-speech and enhanced typesetting for an accessible and engaging reading experience.

“Each [essay is] a model of clarity, weight, gravity . . . each superbly centered on the moods, manners, works . . . of ten exemplary men and women” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

“Dark times” is Brecht’s phrase, and Hannah Arendt uses it suggest that those she writes about are not “mouthpieces of the Zeitgeist”, but, rather, that the routine repetitive horrors of the twentieth century form the substance of the dark against which their lives of illumination were lived. Containing essays from Dr. Arendt on Karl Jaspers, Rosa Luxemburg, Pope John XXIII, Isak Dinesen, Bertolt Brecht, Randall Jarrell, and others whose lives and work shed light on the early part of the century.

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Publisher

Mariner Books Classics (March 25, 1970)

Publication date

March 25, 1970

Language

English

File size

3.5 MB

Text-to-Speech

Enabled

Screen Reader

Supported

Enhanced typesetting

Enabled

X-Ray

Not Enabled

Word Wise

Enabled

Print length

336 pages

Publisher

Mariner Books Classics