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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural LifeA stunning five century study of civilization's cultural retreat. William Safire, New York Times Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation down to the present in the

A stunning five-century study of civilization's cultural retreat. -- William Safire, New York Times

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.

Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation down to the present in the double light of its own time and our pressing concerns. He introduces characters and incidents with his unusual literary style and grace, bringing to the fore those that have been forgotten or obscured. His compelling chapters--such as Puritans as Democrats, The Monarchs' Revolution, and The Artist Prophet and Jester--show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the era.

The triumphs and defeats of five hundred years form an inspiring saga that modifies the current impression of one long tale of oppression by white European males. Women and their deeds are prominent, and freedom (even in sexual matters) is not an invention of the last decades. And when Barzun rates the present not as a culmination but a decline, he is in no way a prophet of doom. Instead, he shows decadence as the normal close of great periods and a necessary condition of the creative novelty that will burst forth--tomorrow or the next day.

Only after a lifetime of separate studies covering a broad territory could a writer create with such ease the synthesis displayed in this magnificent volume.

--Peter Green, Times Literary Supplement

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/15/2001
ISBN: 9780060928834
Pages: 912
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d

Review Citations: New York Times 05/27/2001 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 09/21/2001 pg. 77

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 50407 / From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present
Reading Level: 11.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 80
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