Rites of Spring
The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Ranked #9 in Civil War, Ranked #21 in World War I — see more rankings.
A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism
Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913, to the death of Hitler in 1945. Recognizing that The Great War was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole, author Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people, works of modern literature, and pivotal historical events to redefine the way we look at our past...
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John Cusack Great book ⬇️ RT @PuddockII: Wow. https://t.co/EF6Iyc0Kmc (Source)
Jonathan Boff What this book does is it views the war as a cultural phenomenon, rather than a military phenomenon. Eksteins is a cultural historian who thinks in terms of literature, music, plastic arts, and so on. (Source)
Brent Glass What the Civil War was about was mass killing on a scale that we had never ever dreamed of. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Rites of Spring is ranked in the following categories:
- #49 in Aesthetics
- #80 in American History
- #74 in European History
- #45 in German History
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