Bloody good
Subtitle: chivalry, sacrifice, and the Great War / Allen J. Frantzen.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918.; Chivalry.; Sacrifice.; Masculinity.; Europe -- Civilization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-323) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chivalry and sacrifice; title: Violence and abjection; title: The making of a knight: St. Edmund, virgin and martyr; title: A chronicle of scales: chivalry and sacrifice; title: Antisacrifice: the hidden cost of chivalry; title: "Modest stillness and humility": the nineteenth century and the chivalry of duty; title: "Teach them how to war": postcards, chivalry, and sacrifice; title: "Greater love than this": Memorials of the Great War; title: Circles of grief: chivalry and the heart of sacrifice.