In this classic work, Paul Fussell illuminates the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing primarily on the literary means by which The Great War has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized. Drawing on the work of important wartime poets such as David Jones an
The Great War and modern memory
β Scribed by Paul Fussell
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 432
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Frontmatter
List of Illustrations (page viii)
Introduction by Jay Winter (page ix)
Preface to the Original Edition (page xv)
Credits (page xviii)
CHAPTER I A Satire of Circumstance (page 3)
CHAPTER 2 The Troglodyte World (page 39)
CHAPTER 3 Adversary Proceedings (page 82)
CHAPTER 4 Myth, Ritual, and Romance (page 123)
CHAPTER 5 Oh What a Literary War (page 168)
CHAPTER 6 Theater of War (page 207)
CHAPTER 7 Arcadian Recourses (page 251)
CHAPTER 8 Soldier Boys (page 293)
CHAPTER 9 Persistence and Memory (page 336)
Afterword (page 363)
Notes (page 371)
Index (page 390)
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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 <em>The Great War and Modern Memory</em> was universally acclaimed on publication in 1970. Today, Fussell's land
Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth centuryβs 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussellβs <em>The Great War and Modern Memory</em> was universally acclaimed on publication in 1970. Today, Fussellβs land
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