| The Great War in British Literature Contributor(s): Barlow, Adrian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521644208 ISBN-13: 9780521644204 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2000 Annotation: The Great War in British Literature is a new title in the Cambridge Contexts in Literature series. It is designed to support the needs of advanced level students of English literature. Each title in the series has the quality, content and level endorsed by the OCR examination board. However, the texts provide the background and focus suitable for any examination board at advanced level. The series explores the contextual study of texts by concentrating on key periods, topics and comparisons in literature. Each book adopts an interactive approach and provides the background for understanding the significance of literary, historical and social contexts. Students are encouraged to investigate different interpretations that may be applied to literary texts by different readers, through a variety of activities and questions, the use of study aids, such as chronologies and glossaries, and the inclusion of anthology sections to exemplify issues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities |
| Dewey: 820 |
| LCCN: 00703505 |
| Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.78" W x 8.96" (0.48 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The Great War of 1914-18 continues to fascinate readers and writers. This book aims to explore the different ways in which this war has featured both as a genre and as a theme in British literature of the past century; it asks what actually is the literature of the Great War, and looks at different ways in which people have read this literature, reacted to it and used it. |