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This reads more like a collection of topical essays than a book -- because, in fact, it was precisely that. The chapters were written as individual studies, not all at the same time, and later compiled into this book. As a result it is not always intellectually smooth, but many of the chapters are brilliant and Schorske has unusually vivid prose for an academic.
In the twentieth century Europe tried to assert independence from its past, self-defining "Modern" as the antithesis of "ancient"; in t ...more
In the twentieth century Europe tried to assert independence from its past, self-defining "Modern" as the antithesis of "ancient"; in t ...more
