LEADER 03136nam 2200649 450 001 9910453711103321 005 20211005083111.0 010 $a1-78138-933-0 010 $a1-84631-803-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001151014 035 $a(EBL)1591031 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001163712 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11962738 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001163712 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11163517 035 $a(PQKB)10895771 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3016900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4616329 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781387122 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4616329 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11246355 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL878065 035 $a(OCoLC)874967680 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591031 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001151014 100 $a20160831d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMemory, narrative and the Great War $eRifleman Patrick MacGill and the construction of wartime experience /$fDavid Taylor 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78138-712-5 311 $a1-84631-871-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aMemory, 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 remembered 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xPsychological aspects 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects 606 $aCollective memory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCollective memory. 676 $a940.3 700 $aTaylor$b David$020950 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453711103321 996 $aMemory, narrative and the Great War$92073910 997 $aUNINA