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Modris EksteinsRites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Nonfiction | 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?
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What is the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art and how does it play out in the art and war of the modern period?
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Describe the German and British views of modernity. According to Eksteins, why were these views in conflict with one another?
