Boys in khaki, girls in print : women's literary responses to the Great War, 1914-1918 / Jane Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Jane (Lecturer), author.

Series:

Oxford English monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford English monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain--Literature and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British--Publishing.

Literature publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Literature publishing.

Women--Great Britain--Intellectual life--20th century.

Women.

World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 257 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jane Potter rediscovers the neglected literature of war. Romance novels and active service memoirs are the focus of this critical, yet accessible, study. Illustrated throughout, it demonstrates the ways in which popular literature played its role in both the entertainment and the reassurance of the nation.

Contents:

Before the lamps went out : the social and literary background of the Great War

'Is your best boy wearing khaki?' : publishing and propaganda

'Putting things in their right places' : the war in romance novels

'I alone am left to tell the tale' : memoirs by women on active service.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-252) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04252-7

1-280-75852-X

1-4237-7102-8

OCLC:

1027193523