German Freedom and the Greek Ideal

William J. McGrath was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Rochester where he taught modern European thought and ancient history and was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 1978. Following a Fulbright fellowship year in Vienna, Professor McGrath completed his doctorate in 1965 at the University of California at Berkeley. He taught at the University of Chicago before moving to Rochester in 1971.

• 1. Freedom and Authority: Goethe's Faust and the Greek War of Independence 2. The Aesthetics of Freedom: The Architecture of Gottfried Semper 3. From Political Freedom to Self-Denial: Wagner's Ring and the Revolutions of 1848 4. Nietzsche and the Freedom of Self-Overcoming 5. From Self-Denial to Political Freedom: The Odyssey of Thomas Mann

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