The Great War and modern memory
by Paul Fussell
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This book is about the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918 and some of the literary means by which it has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized.
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World War, 1914-1918, History and criticism, English literature, War and literature, Literature and the war, Memory in literature, World War, 1914-1918, in literature, Poetry, Campaigns, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, World war, 1914-1918, great britain, World war, 1914-1918, literature and the war, World war, 1914-1918, influence, English literature--history and criticism, English literature--20th century--history and criticism, World war, 1914-1918--literature and the war, World war, 1914-1918--great britain--literature and the war, Pr478.e8 f8, 820/.93, World war, 1914-1918--campaigns, World war, 1914-1918--campaigns--western front, World war, 1914-1918--poetry, Pr478.e8 f8 2000, 820.9/358Places
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The Great War and modern memory
2000, Oxford University Press
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The Great War and modern memory
1977, Oxford University Press
in English
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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 and Wilfred Owen, on the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden, and on numerous other personal records housed in the Imperial War Museum, this award-winning volume provides an intimate and intensely poetic account of the event that revolutionized the way we see the world. It has been hailed as "humanly wise and compassionate" (Saturday Review), "original and brilliant" (Lionel Trilling), "bright and sensitive" (The New Yorker), and "probing, sympathetic, and illuminating" (The New Republic). It is an undisputed classic of cultural criticism. (from Amazon)
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