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Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I
The horrors and tragedies of the First World War produced some of the finest literature of the century: including Memoirs of an Infantry Officer; Goodbye to All That; the poetry of Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas; and the novels of Ford Madox Ford. Collectively detailing every campaign and action, together with the emotions and motives of the men on the ground, these 'war books' are the most important set of sources on the Great War that we have. Through looking at the war poems, memoirs and accounts published after the First World War, Ian Andrew Isherwood addresses the key issues of wartime historiography-patriotism, cowardice, publishers and their motives, readers and their motives, masculinity and propaganda. He also analyses the culture, society and politics of the world left behind. Remembering the Great War is a valuable, fascinating and stirring addition to our knowledge of the experiences of WWI.
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Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I
The horrors and tragedies of the First World War produced some of the finest literature of the century: including Memoirs of an Infantry Officer; Goodbye to All That; the poetry of Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas; and the novels of Ford Madox Ford. Collectively detailing every campaign and action, together with the emotions and motives of the men on the ground, these 'war books' are the most important set of sources on the Great War that we have. Through looking at the war poems, memoirs and accounts published after the First World War, Ian Andrew Isherwood addresses the key issues of wartime historiography-patriotism, cowardice, publishers and their motives, readers and their motives, masculinity and propaganda. He also analyses the culture, society and politics of the world left behind. Remembering the Great War is a valuable, fascinating and stirring addition to our knowledge of the experiences of WWI.
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Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I

Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I

by Ian Andrew Isherwood
Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I
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Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I

Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I

by Ian Andrew Isherwood

Overview

The horrors and tragedies of the First World War produced some of the finest literature of the century: including Memoirs of an Infantry Officer; Goodbye to All That; the poetry of Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas; and the novels of Ford Madox Ford. Collectively detailing every campaign and action, together with the emotions and motives of the men on the ground, these 'war books' are the most important set of sources on the Great War that we have. Through looking at the war poems, memoirs and accounts published after the First World War, Ian Andrew Isherwood addresses the key issues of wartime historiography-patriotism, cowardice, publishers and their motives, readers and their motives, masculinity and propaganda. He also analyses the culture, society and politics of the world left behind. Remembering the Great War is a valuable, fascinating and stirring addition to our knowledge of the experiences of WWI.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786721037
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/28/2017
Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Ian Andrew Isherwood is Assistant Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, PA. An expert in modern history with a focus on war and memory studies, his articles and book reviews have appeared in First World War Studies, War, Literature and the Arts, The Journal of Military History, and War in History. He gained his PhD at Glasgow University and is the editor of the online resource Great War Writing.
Ian Isherwood is Associate Professor of War and Memory Studies at Gettysburg College. He is a historian of war; most of his scholarly work considers the experience of war and representation in era of the two world wars. Having taught at a college on a famous battlefield for the past thirteen years, Isherwood is also interested in the American Civil War and the connections between that conflict and broader concepts of historical memory in America. Isherwood is the author of Remembering the Great War (2017), and co-editor of Serpents of War (2023) with Steve Trout.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction 1

1 Writing the War 12

2 Publishing the War 36

3 War Memories: The West 62

4 War Memories: The East 86

5 War Experiences: Suffering 110

6 War Experiences: Heroism 138

Conclusion 158

Notes 165

Bibliography 190

Index 206

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