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Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930

by · 1978

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An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 688 pages

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