Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War
- ISBN-10
- 3110422468
- ISBN-13
- 9783110422467
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-09-20
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
- Authors
- Jane Potter, Ralf Schneider
Description
The First World War has given rise to a multifaceted cultural production like no other historical event. This handbook surveys British literature and film about the war from 1914 until today. The continuing interest in World War I highlights the interdependence of war experience, the imaginative re-creation of that experience in writing, and individual as well as collective memory. In the first part of the handbook, the major genres of war writing and film are addressed, including of course poetry and the novel, but also the short story; furthermore, it is shown how our conception of the Great War is broadened when looked at from the perspective of gender studies and post-colonial criticism. The chapters in the second part present close readings of important contributions to the literary and filmic representation of World War I in Great Britain. All in all, the contributions demonstrate how the opposing forces of focusing and canon-formation on the one hand, and broadening and revision of the canon on the other, have characterised British literature and culture of the First World War.
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