The silent morning : culture and memory after the Armistice / edited by Trudi Tate and Kate Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tate, Trudi, editor.

Kennedy, Kate, 1977- editor.

Series:

Cultural history of modern war.

Cultural history of modern war

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Armistices--Social aspects.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 brought hopes for a better future, as well as sadness, disappointment and rage. Examining the cultural impact of the Armistice, this book contains 14 new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history.

Contents:

The parting of the ways : The Armistice, the Silence and Ford Madox Ford's Parade's end / John Pegum

Alfred D{uml}oblin's November 1918 : The Alsatian prelude / Klaus Hofmann

'A strange mood' : British popular fiction and post-war uncertainties / George Simmers

Fighting the peace : Two women's accounts of the post-war years / Alison Hennegan

King Baby : Infant care into the peace / Trudi Tate

'What a victory it might have been' : C.E. Montague and the First World War / Andrew Frayn

The Bookman, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Armistice / Jane Potter

'Misunderstood ... mainly because of my Jewishness' : Arthur Schnitzler after the First World War / Max Haberich

Leaping over shadows : Ernst Krenek and post-war Vienna / Peter Tregear

Silence recalled in sound : British classical music and the Armistice / Kate Kennedy

Sacrifice defeated : The Armistice and depictions of victimhood in German women's art 1918/24 / Claudia Siebrecht

'Remembering, we forget' : British art at the Armistice / Michael Walsh

Indecisive victory? : German and British soldiers at the Armistice / Alexander Watson

Mixing memory and desire : British and German war memorials after 1918 / Adrian Barlow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 21, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526103406

1526103400

9781526103390

1526103397

OCLC:

980781171