LEADER 03910nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910960428503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674045309 010 $a0674045300 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674045309 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787105 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155012 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10199085 035 $a(PQKB)11130608 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300330 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315834 035 $a(OCoLC)923110582 035 $a(DE-B1597)574561 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674045309 035 $a(Perlego)1148568 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787105 100 $a20781115d1979 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe generation of 1914 /$fRobert Wohl 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1979 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 307 p., [28] p. of plates )$cillustrations, portraits 300 $aTransferred to digital printing. 311 0 $a9780674344655 311 0 $a0674344650 311 0 $a9780674344662 311 0 $a0674344669 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: In Search of the Lost Generation 1. France: The Young Men of Today 2. Germany: The Mission of the Young Generation 3. England: Lost Legions of Youth 4. Spain: The Theme of Our Time 5. Italy: Giovinezza! Giovinezza! 6. Wanderers between Two Worlds 330 $bThe generation of 1914 holds a special place in memory, affection, and myth. In this irresistible and moving book, Robert Wohl rescues it from the shadows of legend and brings it fully into the realm of understanding. He tells the story of the young men--the middle class elite of five European countries, France, Germany, England, Spain, and Italy, to recreate the generational consciousness that united them as well as the unique national experience that made them different. These were men born at the end of the nineteenth century when the world of reason was disintegrating into a world of irrationality. They were destined to rule but their lives were interrupted by the greatest of wars, leaving them searching for identity and historical continuity. Wohl recaptures this search through novels, poems, autobiographies, memoirs, sociological treatises, philosophical essays, university lectures, political speeches, conversations when recorded, letters, personal notebooks, and newspaper articles. His book is a brilliant study of European mentalities, both collective and individual. Probing behind ideas to find the experience that inspired them, Wohl illuminates in unexpected ways the origins of World War I and its impact on its participants. His exploration of the consciousness of generational unity and the power of the generational bond enables him to place in a novel context the spread of pessimism and despair, the waning of liberal and humanitarian values, the rise of Communist and Fascist movements, and the sudden eruption of violence in Europe's progressive countries between the two world wars. 606 $aYouth$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aConflict of generations 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xInfluence 606 $aYouth in literature 607 $aEurope$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aYouth$xHistory. 615 0$aConflict of generations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xInfluence. 615 0$aYouth in literature. 676 $a909.821 700 $aWohl$b Robert$0629725 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960428503321 996 $aThe generation of 1914$94352155 997 $aUNINA