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The Great War and modern memory / / Paul Fussell ; with a new introduction by Jay Winter



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Autore: Fussell Paul <1924-2012, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Great War and modern memory / / Paul Fussell ; with a new introduction by Jay Winter Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9358
Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism
War and literature
Memory in literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): WinterJ. M.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface to the Original Edition; Credits; CHAPTER 1 A Satire of Circumstance; CHAPTER 2 The Troglodyte World; CHAPTER 3 Adversary Proceedings; CHAPTER 4 Myth, Ritual, and Romance; CHAPTER 5 Oh What a Literary War; CHAPTER 6 Theater of War; CHAPTER 7 Arcadian Recourses; CHAPTER 8 Soldier Boys; CHAPTER 9 Persistence and Memory; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was universally acclaimed on publication in 1970. Today, Fussell's landmark study remains as original and gripping as ever: a literate, literary, and unapologetic account of the Great War, the war that changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. This brilliant work illuminates the trauma and tragedy of modern warfare in fresh, revel
Titolo autorizzato: Great war and modern memory  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-997197-8
0-19-997196-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463130403321
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