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Modernism. Theme- Deconstruction. WWII Left Europe in rubble. Entire generation of men killed. MILITARY CIVILIAN TOTAL. ALLIED TOTAL 14,276,80 0 25,686,9 0 0 39,963,. AXIS TOTAL 6,582,00 0 1,686,0 0 0 8,268,. EST. TOTAL 20,858,80 0 27,372,9 0 0 48,231,. Belief.
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Theme- Deconstruction • WWII • Left Europe in rubble
Entire generation of men killed MILITARYCIVILIANTOTAL ALLIED TOTAL 14,276,800 25,686,900 39,963, AXIS TOTAL 6,582,000 1,686,000 8,268, EST. TOTAL 20,858,800 27,372,900 48,231,
Belief • Life is hard and art should be imitation of life
Key Players • T.S. Elliot- author • Virginia Woolf- author • Pablo Picasso- painter
T.S. Elliot “The Wasteland” “And when we were children, staying at the arch-duke's,My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,And I was frightened. He said, Marie,Marie, hold on tight. And down we went. In the mountains, there you feel free.I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.”
Rebuilding • With rebuilding came new technology • Trains • Automobile • airplane
Result • Very fast paced life • More noise than ever • Poetry supposed to emphasize this