A study of German culture between the two wars, this book brilliantly traces the rise of the artistic, literary, and musical culture that bloomed ever so briefly in the 1920s amid the chaos of Germany's tenuous post-World War I democracy, ...

The longest chapter here is a detailed examination of Rousseau, the philosopher, and of his reputation among his interpreters.

In this original and lucid guide to the proper reading of Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay, and Burckhardt--great historians who were also great stylists--Peter Gay demonstrates that style is an invaluable clue to the historian's insight.

A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history Mozart's unshakable hold on the public's consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay's concise and deft look at the genius's life.

A biography and study of the psychoanalyst's career, family, personal life, and professional struggles.

Education of the Senses, the first book of Peter Gay's projectedmulti-volume study of the European and American middle classes from the 1820s tothe outbreak of World War I, re-examines the sexual behavior and attitudes ofVictorians.

In this volume in the Lives series, Peter Gay, author of the bestselling Freud: A Life For Our Time, presents his appreciation of the life and work of Mozart, revealing truths more fascinating than the myths that have long shrouded the ...

Education of the Senses is the first volume in Peter Gay's panoramic study of the European and American middle classes from the 1820s to the outbreak of World War I. Drawing on psychoanalytic insights and a rich array of primary sources, ...

A thoughtful and detailed contribution to a major intellectual debate, Freud for Historians builds an eloquent case for "history informed by psychoanalysis" and offers an impressive rebuttal to the charges of the profession's anti-Freudians ...