Vincent Sherry (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War

Herausgeber: Sherry, Vincent

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Produktbeschreibung

The Great War of 1914-1918 marked a turning point in modern history and culture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres and social contexts that define the study of the literatures produced by World War I. It examines the war's impact on various national literatures before addressing the way the War affected Modernism, the European avant-garde, film, women's writing, memoirs, and, of course, the war poets. The volume concludes by addressing the legacy of the war for twentieth-century literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780521821452
• ISBN-10: 0521821452
• Artikelnr.: 21503425

Autorenporträt

Vincent Sherry is Pierce Butler Professor of English at Tulane University, and author of The Great War and the Language of Modernism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Vincent Sherry
Part I. The Great War in British Literary Culture: 1. British war memoirs Paul Edwards
2. The British novel and the war David Trotter
3. The Great War, history, and the English lyric Edna Longley
4. British women's writing of the Great War Claire Buck
5. The Great War and literary modernism in England Vincent Sherry
Part II. The World War: Pan-European Views, Trans-Atlantic Prospects: 6. The Great War and the European avant-garde Marjorie Perloff
7. French writing of the Great War Catharine Savage Brosman
8. The Great War and modern German memory Stanley Corngold
9. American writing of the Great War John T. Matthews
Part III. Postwar Engagements: 10. Myths, memories, and monuments: re-imagining the Great War Sharon Ouditt
11. Interpreting the war James Campbell
12. The Great War in twentieth-century cinema Laura Marcus.