Download or read book Modernism After Wagner written by Juliet Koss and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a critical history of Wagner's concept of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' and its impact on European modernism. Koss explores the legacy of Wagner's concept, laying out its genealogy and the political, aesthetic, and cultural context from which it emerged.