The Missing of the Somme by Dyer Geoff

The Missing of the Somme by Dyer Geoff

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In this examination of the poems, memorials, memoirs, photographs, histories and documentaries of World War I the author brings together a network of memory that illuminates our own relation to the past.

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The Missing of the Somme by Dyer Geoff

Written as someone who was born after the two World Wars and who, like everyone of his and subsequent generations, have been brought up on the myth and memory of war. In the author's examination of the poems, memorials, memoirs, photographs, histories and documentaries of World War I he brings together a network of memory that illuminates our own relation to the past. To it he brings his own experience: his father, who was at the Somme; watching the Blue Max and all our yesterdays on TV, making airfix kits, buying poppies every November. By the end, the reader understand more about war and memory, tenderness, horror, the comfort of landscape, the morality and immorality of order and disorder.
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ISBN 13 9780241002742
ISBN 10 0241002745
Title The Missing of the Somme
Author Dyer Geoff
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-10-06
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.