Frederic Spotts

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Frederic Spotts (born Feb 2, 1930 [1] ) is an American former diplomat and cultural historian. [2] He was educated in Swarthmore College, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Oxford University. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Spotts, Frederic 1930– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  2. 1 2 "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics". Kirkus Reviews .
  3. ↑ Conway, John S. (1974). "The Churches and Politics in Germany by Frederic Spotts (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 55 (4): 487–488. ISSN   1710-1093.
  4. ↑ Penzel, Klaus. A Journal of Church and State; Waco, Texas Vol. 18, Iss. 3, (Fall 1976): 561.
  5. ↑ Ludlow, P. W. (25 March 2011). "The Churches and Politics in Germany. By Frederic Spotts. Pp. xii + 420. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. $15". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 25 (4): 433–435. doi:10.1017/S0022046900049654. S2CID   156067734.
  6. ↑ Lewy, Guenter (1 August 2014). "The Churches and Politics in Germany. By Frederic Spotts. (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. Pp. 419. $15.00.)". American Political Science Review. 68 (3): 1376–1377. doi:10.2307/1959239. JSTOR   1959239. S2CID   151342925.
  7. ↑ "Bayreuth". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Frederic Spotts. Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994. x + 334 pp". Cambridge Opera Journal. 7 (3): 277–283. 27 August 2008. doi:10.1017/S0954586700004602.
  9. ↑ Kater, Michael H. Central European History; Atlanta Vol. 28, Iss. 4, (Winter 1995): 563.
  10. ↑ Saunders, Thomas J. (April 1995). "by Frederic Spotts by Frederic Spotts. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1994. x, 334 pp. $35.00 U.S.". Canadian Journal of History. 30 (1): 132–134. doi:10.3138/cjh.30.1.132.
  11. ↑ Freeman, Kirrily (December 2009). "Frederic Spotts. The Shameful Peace: How French Artists and Intellectuals Survived the Nazi Occupation. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2008. Pp. 283. $35.00". The American Historical Review. 114 (5): 1550–1551. doi:10.1086/ahr.114.5.1550.
  12. ↑ Wheatcroft, Geoffrey (18 October 2002). "Review: Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics by Frederic Spotts". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Young, James (April 25, 2009). "The Terrible Beauty of Nazi Aesthetics". The Forward. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics". Foreign Affairs . 28 January 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  16. ↑ Levitt, Morton (2003). "Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics". Journal of Modern Literature. 26 (3): 175–178. doi:10.1353/jml.2004.0034. ISSN   1529-1464. S2CID   201763096.
  17. ↑ Lethbridge, Robert (15 March 2010). "Book Review: The Shameful Peace: How French Artists and Intellectuals Survived the Nazi Occupation. By Frederic Spotts. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008. Pp. 285. £25.00 (hbk)". Journal of European Studies. 40 (1): 77–78. doi:10.1177/00472441100400010604. S2CID   162208744.
  18. ↑ "Otherwise occupied". www.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  19. ↑ "The passions and politics of culture in wartime France". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  20. ↑ Wheatcroft, Geoffrey (26 November 2010). "Path of Least Resistance". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  21. ↑ Ungar, Steven (December 2010). ". By Frederic Spotts. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. Pp. 285. $35.00.. By Laurence Bertrand Dorléac. Translated by, Jane Marie Todd. Foreword by, Serge Guilbaut. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2008. Pp. xiv+431. $39.95". The Journal of Modern History. 82 (4): 960–963. doi:10.1086/656160.
  22. ↑ "The art of collaboration". New Statesman . November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  23. ↑ Holland, Walter (June 12, 2016). "'Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann' by Frederic Spotts". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  24. ↑ Feigel, Lara (6 March 2016). "Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann by Frederic Spotts – review". The Observer. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  25. ↑ schaffner, anna katherina (August 19–26, 2016). "Mann's inhumanity to Mann - Biography". TLS. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  26. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann by Frederic Spotts. Yale Univ., $40 (352p) ISBN 978-0-300-21800-8". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  27. ↑ "Was Klaus Mann all Thomas Mann's fault?". The Spectator Australia. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  28. ↑ "Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann by Frederick Spotts review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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