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Fletcher Anthony |
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Life, death and growing up on the western front / / Anthony Fletcher |
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New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Europe, Western |
World War, 1914-1918 |
Soldiers - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Main Characters -- Illustrations and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1. 'Quiet Earnest Faces' The National Cause -- CHAPTER 2. 'Glad to Go' Patriotic Idealism -- CHAPTER 3. 'Ready to Go' Training -- CHAPTER 4. 'Write as Often as You Can' Letters and Parcels -- CHAPTER 5. 'Sticking it Out' Fear and Shell Shock -- CHAPTER 6. 'A Certain Sense of Safety with Him' Leadership -- CHAPTER 7. 'Such a Helpless Lot of Babes' Care for the Men -- CHAPTER 8. 'Drops of his Blood on my Hand' Horror and Endurance -- CHAPTER 9. 'I Merely Did my Duty' Discipline and Morale -- CHAPTER 10. 'Very Gallant in Every Way' Early Losses -- CHAPTER 11. 'Blighty, oh Blighty in about a Week' Leave -- CHAPTER 12. 'I Am Serene, Unafraid' The Somme -- CHAPTER 13. 'Capable of Finishing the Job' Battles of 1917-1918 -- CHAPTER 14. 'The Men Cannot Grasp It' Armistice -- CHAPTER 15. 'We Will Remember Them' Remembrance and Commemoration -- CHAPTER 16. 'All the Best and Choicest and Unblemished' War Heroes -- CHAPTER 17. 'Among the Happiest Years I Have Ever Spent' Survivors -- Epilogue The Great War in Perspective -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This book was inspired by the author’s discovery of an extraordinary cache of letters from a soldier who was killed on the Western Front |
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during the First World War. The soldier was his grandfather, and the letters had been tucked away, unread and unmentioned for many decades. Intrigued by the heartbreak and history of these family letters, Fletcher sought out the correspondence of other British soldiers who had volunteered for the fight against Germany. This resulting volume offers a vivid account of the physical and emotional experiences of seventeen British soldiers whose letters survive. Drawn from different regiments, social backgrounds, and areas of England and Scotland, they include twelve officers and five ordinary “Tommies.” The book explores the training, journey to France, fear, shellshock, and life in the trenches as well as the leisure, love, and home leave the soldiers dreamed of. Fletcher discusses the psychological responses of 17- and 18-year-old men facing appalling realities and considers the particular pressures on those who survived their fallen comrades. While acknowledging the horror and futility the soldiers of the Great War experienced, the author shows another side to the story, focusing new attention on the loyal comradeship, robust humor, and strong morale that uplifted the men at the Front and created a powerful bond among them. |
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UNINA9910969694103321 |
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Staging the superstitions of early modern Europe / / edited by Verena Theile [and] Andrew McCarthy |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-4094-7430-5 |
1-317-05068-1 |
1-317-05067-3 |
1-315-61055-8 |
1-283-90196-X |
1-4094-4009-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama |
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McCarthyAndrew D |
TheileVerena |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
Superstition in literature |
Superstition - Europe - History |
Religion and drama |
Theater - England - History |
Supernatural in literature |
English drama - 17th century - History and criticism |
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"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Early modern superstitions : religion, reformation, and the history of fear -- pt. 2. Witchcraft on trial -- pt. 3. Stage dissections. |
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Engaging with fiction and history- and reading both genres as texts permeated with early modern anxieties, desires and apprehensions- this collection scrutinizes the historical intersection of early modern European superstitions and English stage literature. By highlighting the connection between historical-literary and literary-dramatic culture, this volume tests and explores the current scholarly theory that performance opened the way to disbelief. |
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