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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451282103321

Autore

Booth Allyson

Titolo

Postcards from the trenches [[electronic resource] ] : negotiating the space between modernism and the First World War / / Allyson Booth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52854-0

0-19-535625-X

1-4294-0677-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/358

Soggetti

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war

War stories, English - History and criticism

War poetry, English - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I. THE SHAPES OF BODIES; One: Corpselessness; Two: Corpses; II. THE SHAPES OF COUNTRIES; Three: Physical Borders; Four: Maps; Five: War Calendar; III. THE SHAPES OF OBJECTS; Six: Forgetful Objects; Seven: Glass Objects; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers a portrait of the relationship between British First World War culture and modernist writings. It shows that modernist writers and combatants shared a concern with the divide between language and experience. The analysis extends to memorials, posters and architecture.