The Great War and modern memory / Paul Fussell ; [with a new introduction by Jay Winter].
Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 Edition: New editionDescription: xvii, 414 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmISBN: 9780199971954 (pbk.); 0199971951 (pbk.)Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war | English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | War and literature | Memory in literature | Weltkrieg | Erinnerung | Kollektives GedächtnisDDC classification: 820.9358 LOC classification: PR478. | E8F8
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Awards: National Book Award, 1976 ; National Critics Circle Award, 1975
A satire of circumstance -- The troglodyte world -- Adversary proceedings -- Myth, ritual, and romance -- Oh what a literary war -- Theater of war -- Arcadian recourses -- Soldier boys -- Persistence and memory.
Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Book-Circulating | Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | PR478. E8F8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Purchased with the support of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. | B000390 |
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Previous edition: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-389) and index.
A satire of circumstance -- The troglodyte world -- Adversary proceedings -- Myth, ritual, and romance -- Oh what a literary war -- Theater of war -- Arcadian recourses -- Soldier boys -- Persistence and memory.
National Book Award, 1976 ; National Critics Circle Award, 1975