The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521528976 ISBN 13: 9780521528979

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

The Great War of 1914-1918 marks 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 One. It examines the impact of the World War One on various national literatures, before addressing the way World War One affected Modernism, the European avant-garde, film, women's writing, memoirs, and of course the war poets. It concludes by addressing the legacy of the war for twentieth-century literature.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521528976
• ISBN 13: 9780521528979
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Sherry Vincent