03136nam 2200649 450 991045371110332120211005083111.01-78138-933-01-84631-803-3(CKB)2550000001151014(EBL)1591031(SSID)ssj0001163712(PQKBManifestationID)11962738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001163712(PQKBWorkID)11163517(PQKB)10895771(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174505(MiAaPQ)EBC3016900(MiAaPQ)EBC4616329(UkCbUP)CR9781781387122(Au-PeEL)EBL4616329(CaPaEBR)ebr11246355(CaONFJC)MIL878065(OCoLC)874967680(MiAaPQ)EBC1591031(EXLCZ)99255000000115101420160831d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMemory, narrative and the Great War Rifleman Patrick MacGill and the construction of wartime experience /David TaylorLiverpool :Liverpool University Press,2013.1 online resource (446 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78138-712-5 1-84631-871-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The Problem with Pat; Part I: The Broader Context; 1 Some Changing Perspectives on the Great War; 2 Memories and Narratives of War; 3 Sources: Some Problems and Findings; Part II: The War Writings of Patrick MacGill; 4 At the Front: Fighting and Writing the War; 5 Writing the War from the Home Front; 6 The War in Retrospect; Conclusion: Changing Perspectives and Coming to Terms with the War; Select Bibliography; Notes; IndexMemory, Narrative and the Great War provides a detailed examination of the varied and complex war writings of a relatively marginal figure, Patrick MacGill, within a general framework of our current pre-occupation with blood, mud and suffering. In particular, it seeks to explain how his interpretation of war shifted from the heroic wartime autobiographical trilogy, with its emphasis on 'the romance of the rifleman' to the pessimistic and guilt-ridden interpretations in his post-war novel, Fear!, and play, Suspense. Through an exploration of the way in which war-time experiences were rememberedWorld War, 1914-1918Psychological aspectsWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsCollective memoryElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918Psychological aspects.World War, 1914-1918Social aspects.Collective memory.940.3Taylor David20950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453711103321Memory, narrative and the Great War2073910UNINA