The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Great War and Modern Memory, winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and recently named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books. Fussell's landmark study of WWI remains as original and gripping today as ever before: a literate, literary, and illuminating account of the Great War, the one that changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. Exploring the work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, Fussell supplies contexts, both actual and literary, for those writers who most effectively memorialized WWI as an historical experience with conspicuous imaginative and artistic meaning. For this special edition, the author has prepared a new afterword and a suggested further reading list. As this classic work draws upon several disciplines--among them literary studies, military history, cultural criticism, and historical inquiry--it will continue to appeal to students, scholars, and general readers of various backgrounds.
..a model of intelligence and fine writing that will remain a key text in our culture for decades to come John Keegan, The London Review of Books, Vol 29, No 5 ...one of the most deeply moving books I have read in a long time Lionel Trilling, The London Review of Books, Volume 29, No 5
Paul Fussell holds the Donald T Regan Chair of English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. His other books include Wartime and Abroad.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195133325 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195133323 |
| Title | The Great War and Modern Memory |
| Author | Paul Fussell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2000-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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