| The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War Contributor(s): Sherry, Vincent (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521528976 ISBN-13: 9780521528979 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2004054230 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.38" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Contributor Bio(s): Sherry, Vincent: - Vincent Sherry is Pierce Butler Professor of English at Tulane University, and author of The Great War and the Language of Modernism. |