Conceiving Strangeness in British First World War Writing [electronic resource] /
Buck, C.author.
This book reframes British First World War literature within Britain's history as an imperial nation. Rereading canonical war writers Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden, alongside war writing by Enid Bagnold, E. M. Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, Roly Grimshaw and others, the book makes clear that the Great War was more than a European war.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The First World War and the Unhoming of Europe; 2 Travel Writing on the Western Front: Mase. eld, Blunden, Sassoon, and Bagnold; 3 E.M. Forster and the War's Colonial Aspect; 4 Mapping Alterity on the Home Front: Kipling, Bagnold, and Allatini; 5 Bringing the War Home: The Imperial War Museum; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book reframes British First World War literature within Britain's history as an imperial nation. Rereading canonical war writers Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden, alongside war writing by Enid Bagnold, E. M. Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, Roly Grimshaw and others, the book makes clear that the Great War was more than a European war.
Military history.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature-History and criticism.
Fiction.
Poetry.
History of Military.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary History.
Fiction.
Poetry and Poetics.