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The Great War of 1914-1918 marked a turning point in modern history and culture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres and social contexts that define the study of the literatures produced by World War I. It examines the war's impact on various national literatures before addressing the way the War affected Modernism, the European avant-garde, film, women's writing, memoirs, and, of course, the war poets. The volume concludes by addressing the legacy of the war for twentieth-century literature.
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Cambridge University Press 0521821452 - The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War Edited by Vincent Sherry Frontmatter More information The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War The Great War of 1914–18 marks a turning point in modern history and culture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres and social contexts that define the study of the writings produced by the First World War. The volume comprises original essays by distinguished scholars of international reputation, who examine the impact of the war on the major national literatures, principally those of Great Britain, Germany, France, and the United States. Additional consideration is given to the way the war affected modernism, the European avant-garde, film, and women’s writing. A final section of essays addresses the legacy of the war in subsequent literary and popular culture. The Companion offers readers a chronology of key events and publication dates leading up through and following the war, and it provides a current bibliography of further reading organized by major scholarly topics. © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521821452 - The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War Edited by Vincent Sherry Frontmatter More information Stanley Spencer, The Resurrection of Soldiers, in Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere, C Estate of Stanley Spencer 2005. All rights reserved, DACS. 1928–29 (detail). C National Trust Photographic Library / A. C. Cooper Photo © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521821452 - The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War Edited by Vincent Sherry Frontmatter More information THE CAMBRIDGE C O M PA N I O N T O T H E L I T E R AT U R E O F T H E F I R S T W O R L D WA R EDITED BY V I N C E N T S H E R RY © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521821452 - The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War Edited by Vincent Sherry Frontmatter More information p u b l i s h e d b y t h e p r e s s sy n d i c at e o f t h e u n i v e rs i t y o f c a m b r i d g e The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom c a m b r i d g e u n i v e rs i t y p r e s s The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, cb2 2ru, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, ny 10011–4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia ´ 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Ruiz de Alarcon Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org C Cambridge University Press 2005 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2005 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Sabon 10/13 pt. System LATEX 2ε [tb] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data The Cambridge companion to the literature of the