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_The Great War and Modern Memory_ by Paul Fussel is a great book about the changes wrought on society at every level by WWI. Both a work of scholarship and a sc
by blacksqr 8y ago
_The Great War and Modern Memory_ by Paul Fussel is a great book about the changes wrought on society at every level by WWI. Both a work of scholarship and a scream from the heart (Fussel lost his best friend in combat during WWII).
The movie _Gods and Monsters_ makes this connection wrt James Whale, director of _Frankenstein_.
- blacksqr 8y ago_Lipstick Traces_ by Greil Marcus relates how after WWI photo collections of wounded soldiers were passed around like pornography, showing disfigurements so bizarre they approached the abstractions of modern art. The book traces a line of underground artistic influence from WWI to punk rock.