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TITLE: THE
RUMOUR: A CULTURAL
HISTORY AUTHOR: Neubauer H. TRANSLATOR: Braun C. ISBN pb: 1 85343 472 8 PAGES: 260 LIST PRICE pb: £16.95 ($25.00) PUB DATE: November 1999
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TITLE: THE
RUMOUR: A CULTURAL
HISTORY AUTHOR: Neubauer H. TRANSLATOR: Braun C. ISBN pb: 1 85343 472 8 PAGES: 260 LIST PRICE pb: £16.95 ($25.00) PUB DATE: November 1999
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| DESCRIPTION: Rumours have always
left an enigmatic trace through history. Beginning in Greek antiquity and
culminating in a discussion of the rumour in the technological age, Hans-
Joachim Neubauer takes the reader on a tour of its historical and cultural
manifestations. Seeking out choice examples from such diverse areas as
the poetry of Chaucer, the French Revolution, the American Civil War, through
to the internet, Monica Lewinsky and urban myths, the author examines the
conditions that breed rumours and explores the way they have been represented
in art and literature.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hans-Joachim Neubauer was born in 1960 and lives in Berlin. For his first book Jewish Characters - Drama and Theatre in the Early 19th Century he was awarded the 1994 Joachim Tiburtas Prize. REVIEW: With great precision Neubauer
gets to the heart of individual instances of the rumour and exposes the
mechanisms that lend the rumour its dynamism. These stories behind the
story make his book a real treasure trove, and not just for cultural historians
(Urs Willmann, Die Zeit).
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