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Autore |
Booth Allyson |
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Titolo |
Postcards from the trenches : negotiating the space between modernism and the First World War / / Allyson Booth |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
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9780197725702 |
0197725708 |
9781280528545 |
1280528540 |
9780195356250 |
019535625X |
9781429406772 |
1429406771 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p175-182. _ Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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