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Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

By Modris Eksteins

Book information

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Year
1989
ISBN
0395498562, 9780395498569
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14319165 bytes)
Pages
396\430
Time added
2022-04-17 20:48:22

Description

A brilliant work of history and imagination that probes the cause and effect the Great War had on western culture. With the war over, a deep psychic depression settled over Europe, broken only by hysterical events. 16-page photo insert. Contents Illustrations Preface Prologue: Venice Act One I. Paris II. Berlin III. In Flanders' Fields Act Two IV. Rites of War V. Reason in Madness VI. Sacred Dance VII. Journey to the Interior Act Three VIII. Night Dancer IX. Memory X. Spring Without End Acknowledgments Notes Selected Sources Index

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