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Fussell, Paul, 1924-2012.

The Great War and modern memory / Paul Fussell. - x, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A satire of circumstance -- The troglodyte world -- Adversary proceedings -- Myth, ritual, and romance -- Oh what a literary war -- Theater of war -- Arcadian recourses -- Soldier boys -- Persistence and memory.

This book is about the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918 and some of the literary means by which it has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized.

National Book Award in Arts and Letters, 1976

ISBN: 0195021711

Source: �6.50

LCCN: 75007352

Nat. Bib. No.: GB7530608 bnb B7530608

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 011938986 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.--Great Britain
Memory in literature.
War and literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
War and literature.
English literature.
Memory in literature.
War and literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PR478. / F98