Everything to Nothing by Geert Buelens
The Poet's Great War: Violence, Revolution and Modernism
Extraordinary comparative range and discursive reach.. Paradigm shifting ... Few studies have attempted such ambitious attention to the interrelation of the unfolding historical events and concurrent literary perspectives. Buelens' cross-European perspective, moreover, redraws the lines of national models for the literary history of the First World War. -- Deborah Longwood * Times Higher Education *
Geert Buelens' extraordinary, novelistic study of the poetry of the Great War concludes 'so that was the First World War . a Twin Tower every afternoon.' Buelens' concern to make the events of over a century ago measurable by contemporary standards introduces a radically new perspective to the field of war poetry studies. * Review 31 *
An incredibly diligent, knowledgeable and moreover well-written book on the European writers from before and during the war. An essential read. * Die Zeit *
This encyclopaedic book is required reading. * Frankfurter Rundschau *
Erudite, wise and well written. * Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag *
Truly magnificent . A choir of voices streamlined in a narrative discourse which shatters the monolithic image of the John McCrae-like melancholic War Poet. * De Leeswolf *
Reads like a novel . A story that has never been told before . The book shows how poets all over Europe were co-responsible for the cultural crisis that lead to this war and how they were important critics of the idea of Europe. * Spiegel der Letteren *
Geert Buelens' extraordinary, novelistic study of the poetry of the Great War concludes 'so that was the First World War . a Twin Tower every afternoon.' Buelens' concern to make the events of over a century ago measurable by contemporary standards introduces a radically new perspective to the field of war poetry studies. * Review 31 *
An incredibly diligent, knowledgeable and moreover well-written book on the European writers from before and during the war. An essential read. * Die Zeit *
This encyclopaedic book is required reading. * Frankfurter Rundschau *
Erudite, wise and well written. * Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag *
Truly magnificent . A choir of voices streamlined in a narrative discourse which shatters the monolithic image of the John McCrae-like melancholic War Poet. * De Leeswolf *
Reads like a novel . A story that has never been told before . The book shows how poets all over Europe were co-responsible for the cultural crisis that lead to this war and how they were important critics of the idea of Europe. * Spiegel der Letteren *
Geert Buelens is Professor of Modern Dutch Literature at Utrecht University, Guest Professor of Dutch Literature at Stellenbosch University (RSA) and Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. He is the author of several award-winning books, and the editor of Avant Garde Critical Studies, co-editor of the Journal of Dutch Literatureand a regular contributor to Dutch and Belgian newspapers. He is also an award-winning poet.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784781491 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784781495 |
| Title | Everything to Nothing |
| Author | Geert Buelens |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2015-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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