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Modris EksteinsRites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Modris EksteinsNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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How do prominent individuals play roles in Eksteins’s thesis that spring-like growth and destruction were crucial features of modernity?
What is the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art and how does it play out in the art and war of the modern period?
Describe the German and British views of modernity. According to Eksteins, why were these views in conflict with one another?
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