Europe, Europe (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Essays; travel and current affairs
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Culture, Current events, Traveling or travelers, Europe or Europeans, 1980’s, Capitalism, Economic conditions, Democracy, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Western Europe or western Europeans, Geopolitics
The essays that constitute Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s collection of “forays into a continent” are sophisticated and darkly pessimistic views of Europe’s present and future. With the exception of the last, each represents the fruits of a protracted visit to a single country by the essayist, one of West Germany’s foremost intellectuals and writers. The countries that serve as both scene and material for his meditations range from Sweden to Spain, from Poland to Portugal, and include Hungary and Italy for good measure. The collection’s final essay, printed as an “epilogue,”...
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