Journal article : Review
Review: The Great War and Modern Memory
- Abstract:
- The First World War centenary commemorations and the issue of a new edition in 2013 following its author's death in 2012 make this a good time to revisit Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory. It is a book which First World War literary scholars and historians return to obsessively, with a mixture of admiration and irritation. The admiration is for the way in which Fussell pioneered thinking about the war in terms of its impact on cultural history, rather than in terms of its military or geopolitical significance; his attention to literary detail; and the emotional intensity of his argument, both moving and sobering.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/escrit/cgu019
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Essays in Criticism More from this journal
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 436-458
- Publication date:
- 2014-10-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2014-05-15
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1471-6852
- ISSN:
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0014-0856
- Language:
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English
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Review
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2015-01-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Kate McLoughlin
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Rights statement:
- © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/escrit/cgu019
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