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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460442003321

Autore

Bonadeo Alfredo

Titolo

Mark of the beast : death and degradation in the literature of the Great War / / Alfredo Bonadeo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-8131-8483-5

0-8131-5648-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

809/.93354

Soggetti

European literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Italian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

World War, 1914-1918 - Literature and the war

World War, 1914-1918 - Psychological aspects

World War, 1914-1918 - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [152]-168.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Animal Within; 2 A Bath of Black Blood; 3 A Loss beyond Life; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes -- death and degradation -- that mark the literature about the war.From their accounts most