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

0195021711

�6.50

75007352

GB7530608 bnb B7530608

011938986 Uk


1900-1999


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.


Great Britain.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PR478. / F98