"The Italian scene has disarmed some of the most distinctive spirits from the north. Goethe, Heine, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Theodor Fontane were each its willing captive."
"In particular, they were attracted to Naples and also to Capri, where, earlier in the century, Maxim Gorky and a faction of Bolsheviks had founded a Communist academy that briefly made the island a hub of revolutionary activity."
"..they knew they were following in a distinguished tradition. Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Ernst Bloch and other figures sought to escape the inflationary pressure cooker of the Weimar Republic."
"Mittelmeier examines how this group of thinkers was changed by the Italian environment. Although they had projects planned, they could..."
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