Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I

Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781316404720
ISBN-13 : 1316404722
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I by : Trevor Dodman

Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I explores the narrative traces, subaltern faces, and commemorative spaces of shell shock in wartime and postwar novels by Mulk Raj Anand, Ford Madox Ford, Mary A. Ward, George Washington Lee, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Christopher Isherwood. This book argues that World War I novels serve as an untapped source of information about shell shock, and renews our present understanding of the condition by exploring the nexus of shell shock and practices of commemoration. Shell shock novelists testify to the tenaciousness and complexity of the disorder, write survivors into visibility, and articulate the immediacy of wounds that remain to be seen. This book helps readers understand more fully the extent to which shell shock continues to shape and trouble modern memories of the First World War.

Transatlantic Shell Shock

Transatlantic Shell Shock
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 194077165X
ISBN-13 : 9781940771656
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Transatlantic Shell Shock by : Austin Riede

Voices of World War I

Voices of World War I
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781440873577
ISBN-13 : 1440873577
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices of World War I by : Priscilla Roberts

Bringing together a diverse collection of primary source documents, this book illuminates the events and experiences of World War I from a variety of perspectives, from soldiers on the front lines to civilians supporting the war effort at home. Part of Bloomsbury's Voices of an Era series, this carefully curated collection highlight the wartime experiences of a diverse array of individuals from around the globe. In addition to covering major military innovations and turning points, documents explore how issues of gender, race,diplomacy, and empire building impacted individuals' experience of the Great War. Each of the 42 documents includes contextual information and thought-provoking questions to guide readers in their exploration of the text. In addition to high-interest sidebars, in-text glossary definitions, biographical snapshots of key figures, and a comprehensive chronology of the war, the book also includes a guide to evaluating and interpreting primary sources that bolsters readers' analytical and critical thinking skills. Although it was nicknamed "the war to end all wars," World War I heralded the start of modern-day conflicts. The human toll of the Great War was immense-an estimated 9 million soldiers died on the battlefield, while more than 5 million civilians died as the result of military actions, disease, or famine. In the wake of World War I, empires crumbled and new nations won their independence. Although the events and aftermath of World War I happened on an epic scale, the conflict is best understood through the human lens provided by these primary sources.

Shell Shock Cinema

Shell Shock Cinema
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9780691008509
ISBN-13 : 0691008507
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Shell Shock Cinema by : Anton Kaes

'Shell Shock Cinema' shows how classical German cinema of the Weimar Republic was haunted by the horrors of World War I & the trauma of Germany's humiliating defeat. Anton Kaes argues that even films which do not depict war reveal a wounded nation in post-traumatic shock.

Beyond Memory

Beyond Memory
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781317421344
ISBN-13 : 1317421345
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Beyond Memory by : Alexandre Dessingué

Beyond Memory: Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance analyses the intricate connections between silence, acts of remembrance and acts of forgetting, and relates the topic of silence to the international research field of Cultural Memory Studies. It engages with the most recent work in the field by viewing silence as a remedy to the traditionally binary approach to our understanding of remembering and forgetting. The international team of contributors examine case studies from colonialism, war, politics and slavery from across the globe, as well as drawing examples from literature, philosophy and sites of memory to draw three main conclusions. Firstly, that the relationship between remembering and forgetting is relational rather than ‘hermetic’, and the space between the two is often occupied by silence. Secondly, silence is a force in itself, capable of stimulating more or less remembrance. Finally, that silence is a necessary and key element in the interaction between the human mind and the ‘outer world’, and enables people to challenge their understanding of art, music, literature, history and memory. With an introduction by the editors discussing Memory Studies, and concluding remarks by Astrid Erll, this collection demonstrates that acceptance and consideration of silence as having both a performative and aesthetic dimension is an essential component of history and memory studies.

The Passage of Literature

The Passage of Literature
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780199751624
ISBN-13 : 0199751625
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Passage of Literature by : Christopher GoGwilt

Through a set of comparative studies of the fiction of Joseph Conrad, Jean Rhys, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer, The Passage of Literature explains the interrelation between English, Creole, and Indonesian formations of literary modernism, arguing that each passage of literature is the site of contest between competing genealogies of culture.

The Literary Digest

The Literary Digest
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 914
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HNYVZY
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (ZY Downloads)

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Transatlantic Magazine

Transatlantic Magazine
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Total Pages : 694
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433081656013
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

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Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I

Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781107114203
ISBN-13 : 1107114209
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Shell Shock, Memory, and the Novel in the Wake of World War I by : Trevor Dodman

This book helps readers understand the extent to which shell shock continues to shape modern memories of the First World War.

The Good Soldier

The Good Soldier
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780191635731
ISBN-13 : 0191635731
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Good Soldier by : Ford Madox Ford

'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.' Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends over the years and gradually the history of their relationships and the passions that lie behind the orderly Edwardian façade are unveiled. Dowell is the archetypal 'unreliable narrator', and his casual revelations are both unexpected and explosive. A masterpiece of early Modernism and a virtuoso performance of literary skill, Ford's 'Tale of Passion' reflects contemporary interests in psychology, sexuality, and the New Woman. Its portrayal of the destruction of a civilized elite anticipates the cataclysm of the First World War, which erupted while Ford was finishing the book. This new edition includes Ford's important essay 'On Impressionism', which sheds valuable light on his artistic technique. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.