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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Frayn, Andrew. Writing disenchantment : British First World War prose, 1914-30, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2014, |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Frayn; Manchester University Press, |
ISBN: | 9781526103178 1526103176 9781781707333 1781707332 |
OCLC Number: | 1164779858 |
Language Note: | In English. |
Notes: | MUP 2020 titles. Available through ManchesterHive. |
Target Audience: | Scholars and students of English literature, social and cultural history, and gender studies. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction -- 1. Patriotism, propaganda and pacifism, 1914-1918 -- 2. From hope to Disenchantment, 1919-1922 -- 3. Modernism, conflict and the home front, 1922-1927 -- 4. Sagas and series, 1924-1928 -- 5. Popular disenchantment: the War Books Boom, 1928-1930 -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Andrew Frayn. |
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'A nuanced, sophisticated book that advances its insights through careful readings of works both iconic and very nearly forgotten. The pairing of high modernist with mass-cultural novels is ingenious, and reveals the overarching coherence of British culture in the Great War.'Stephen Ross, University of Victoria'Andrew Frayn's Writing Disenchantment is a signal achievement - an original, thoughtful book that forces us to think again about both the Great War's legacies, and the relationship between British society, culture, and economy in the widest possible sense. Keenly attentive to the politically charged nature of writing about war and its aftermath, and ranging across ostensibly discrete forms of 'mass' and 'modernist' writing, Frayn shows how disenchantment became a keynote in the formation of British modernities. Vital reading for literary critics and historians working on this period, Writing Disenchantment is also an excellent critical introduction to the contested memories of the Great War for undergraduate and postgraduate students.'Matt Houlbrook, Professor of Cultural History, University of Birmingham -- . Read more...

