Memories from the Frontline Memoirs and Meanings of The Great War from Britain, France and Germany /

This book analyses soldiers' memoirs from the Great War of 1914-18 from Britain, France and Germany. It considers both the authors' composition of the memoirs and the public response to them. It provides contextual analysis through a survey of the different types of contemporary writing ab...

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1. Verfasser: Palmer, Jerry (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
Schlagworte:
Literature, Modern-20th century.
European literature.
British literature.
Military history.
ISBN:9783319780511
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. The Great War genes
  • 2. Marginal Voices
  • 3. Language and Combat
  • 4. Themes in British reviews of Great War memoirs
  • 5. Blunder, Undertones of War and De Bello Germanico
  • 6. Reading Lawrence of Arabia in 1927
  • 7. Henry d'Estre, From Oran to Arras
  • 8. Reading Barbusse, Under Fire in 1917
  • 9. Genevoix, The Men of 14
  • 10. The Norton Cru affair
  • 11. War memoirs and German politics in the 1920s
  • 12. Contrasting versions of nationalism at war's end
  • 13. Renn, War
  • 14. von Salomon, The Outlaws (Les Réprouvés)
  • 15. Transnational comparisons.

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