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Postcards from the trenches : negotiating the space between modernism and the First World War / by Allyson Booth.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Booth, Allyson, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
English literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain--Literature and the war.
World War, 1914-1918.
War stories, English--History and criticism.
War stories, English.
War poetry, English--History and criticism.
War poetry, English.
Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (199 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Negotiating the space between modernism and the First World War
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This work offers a portrait of the relationship between British First World War culture and modernist writings. It shows that modernist writers and combatants shared a concern with the divide between language and experience. The analysis extends to memorials, posters and architecture.
Contents:
Contents; Introduction; I. THE SHAPES OF BODIES; One: Corpselessness; Two: Corpses; II. THE SHAPES OF COUNTRIES; Three: Physical Borders; Four: Maps; Five: War Calendar; III. THE SHAPES OF OBJECTS; Six: Forgetful Objects; Seven: Glass Objects; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
Notes:
Bibliography: p175-182. _ Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
9780197725702
0197725708
9781280528545
1280528540
9780195356250
019535625X
9781429406772
1429406771
OCLC:
476011030
Publisher Number:
2027/heb32311 hdl

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