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Author : Christian Creswell Carver
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Christian Creswell Carver written by Christian Creswell Carver and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Fussell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199971978
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Great War and Modern Memory written by Paul Fussell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was universally acclaimed on publication in 1970. Today, Fussell's landmark study remains as original and gripping as ever: a literate, literary, and unapologetic account of the Great War, the war that changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. This brilliant work illuminates the trauma and tragedy of modern warfare in fresh, revelatory ways. Exploring the work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, Fussell supplies contexts, both actual and literary, for those writers who--with conspicuous imaginative and artistic meaning--most effectively memorialized World War I as an historical experience. Dispensing with literary theory and elevated rhetoric, Fussell grounds literary texts in the mud and trenches of World War I and shows how these poems, diaries, novels, and letters reflected the massive changes--in every area, including language itself--brought about by the cataclysm of the Great War. For generations of readers, this work has represented and embodied a model of accessible scholarship, huge ambition, hard-minded research, and haunting detail. Restored and updated, this new edition includes an introduction by historian Jay Winter that takes into account the legacy and literary career of Paul Fussell, who died in May 2012.
Author : Rugby School
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Memorials of Rugbeians who Fell in the Great War written by Rugby School and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurence Housman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812218152
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (181 download)
Download or read book War Letters of Fallen Englishmen written by Laurence Housman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-07-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than eight million young men perished during the First World War—a staggering figure. The natural reaction to such a great loss of humanity was to forget the individuals and recast the conflict into one of faceless armies and battles commemorated in stone and metal monuments. War Letters of Fallen Englishmen was published following the war in order to remind the living of those who were lost in the name of the British crown—brothers, husbands, fathers, sons. This collection provides, in the very words of those who participated and died in combat, the closest approximation possible to the experience of war. Carefully selected from thousands of letters, those in this collection are poignant, powerful, and graphic and were chosen for their depth of perception, the intensity of their descriptions, and their messages to future generations. This edition contains a new foreword by the distinguished World War I historian Jay Winter.
Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1037700104
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (377 download)
Download or read book All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novella of the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front, was an international sensation. Celebrated by countless readers for its moving depiction of the traumas suffered and the camaraderie shared in the trenches, the work also sparked controversy on all sides of the political spectrum, with Remarque, now a celebrity, claimed as a representative of various political causes. In this edition, Katharina Rout’s fresh, engaging English translation of All Quiet is accompanied by an informative introduction and illuminating contextual materials that help situate Remarque’s work among other literary and nonfictional accounts of the war experience and offer insight into how the novella was received.
Author : S. D. & D. B. Jarvis
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781517614
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book The Cross of Sacrifice: Officers Who Died in the Service of British, Indian and East African Regiments and Corps, 1914-1919 written by S. D. & D. B. Jarvis and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tremendous piece of research, conducted over ten years, in which are listed, in alphabetical order, the names of over 60,000 officers of the British Empire who died during the Great War, including nurses and female aid workers. Based on the CWGC Registers, the information provided includes not only that shown in ‘Officers Died' but also the place of burial or commemoration. The alphabetical listing means that looking up a name does not require prior knowledge of the regiment (as in ‘Officers Died') though this information is given, as well as cross-reference to the relevant page number in ‘Officers Died’.
Author : Michael Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191649449
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan written by Michael Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan is the most extensive volume of original essays ever published on the seventeenth-century Nonconformist preacher and writer, John Bunyan. Its thirty-eight chapters examine Bunyan's life and works, their religious and historical contexts, and the critical reception of his writings, in particular his allegorical narrative, The Pilgrim's Progress. Interdisciplinary and comprehensive, it provides unparalleled scope and expertise, ranging from literary theory to religious history and from theology to post-colonial criticism. The Handbook is structured in four sections. The first, 'Contexts', deals with the historical Bunyan in relation to various aspects of his life, background, and work as a Nonconformist: from basic facts of biography to the nature of his church at Bedford, his theology, and the religious and political cultures of seventeenth-century Dissent. Part 2 considers Bunyan's literary output: from his earliest printed tracts to his posthumously published works. Offering discrete chapters on Bunyan's major works—Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), The Pilgrim's Progress, Parts I and II (1678; 1684); The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), and The Holy War (1682)—this section nevertheless covers Bunyan's oeuvre in its entirety: controversial and pastoral, narrative and poetic. Section 3, 'Directions in Criticism', engages with Bunyan in literary critical terms, focusing on his employment of form and language and on theoretical approaches to his writings: from psychoanalytic to post-secular criticism. Section 4, 'Journeys', tackles some of the ways in which Bunyan's works, and especially The Pilgrim's Progress, have travelled throughout the world since the late seventeenth century, assessing Bunyan's place within key literary periods and their distinctive developments: from the eighteenth-century novel to the writing of 'empire.'
Author : Jeremy Paxman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0670919640
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Great Britain's Great War written by Jeremy Paxman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people. *** We may think we know about it, but what was life really like for the British people during the First World War? The well-known images - the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of Remembrance Day - all reinforce the idea that it was a pointless waste of life. So why did the British fight it so willingly and how did the country endure it for so long? Using a wealth of first-hand source material, Jeremy Paxman brings vividly to life the day-to-day experience of the British over the entire course of the war, from politicians, newspapermen, campaigners and Generals, to Tommies, factory workers, nurses, wives and children. It shows how both British life and identity were utterly transformed - not always for the worst - by the enormous upheaval of the war. Rich with personalities, surprises and ironies, this lively narrative history paints a picture of courage and confusion, doubts and dilemmas, and is written with Jeremy Paxman's characteristic flair for storytelling, wry humour and pithy observation. *** "A fine introduction to the part Britain played in the first of the worst two wars in history. The writing is lively and the detail often surprising and memorable" Guardian "He writes so well and sympathetically, and chooses his detail so deftly, that if there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy from the very large centennial selection this is very likely it" The Times
Author : Sian Roberts
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750957891
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Great War Britain Birmingham: Remembering 1914-18 written by Sian Roberts and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Birmingham offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the Â'war to end all warsÂ'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Birmingham is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of the Library of Birmingham.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The London Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Chapman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473850967
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery written by Paul Chapman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-06-19 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanise the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.
Author : Great Britain. Army
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1960 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Monthly Army List written by Great Britain. Army and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth I. Helphand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Defiant Gardens written by Kenneth I. Helphand and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of wartime gardens documents how they humanize landscapes and experience, even under the direst conditions
Author : Linda F. McGreevy
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bitter Witness written by Linda F. McGreevy and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter Witness is an intensive, factual study of Otto Dix's war-related art. It is the first book to place Dix's etching cycle, Der Krieg, alongside numerous paintings and drawings in the perspective of his war experience on two fronts from mid-1915 to 1918's finale. It includes a full history of the war, the Weimar Republic's socio-political upheavals, and the Nazi years, following Dix and his colleagues, including Kaethe Kollwitz, through the artistic movements and events in the first half of Germany's most turbulent century.
Author : Richard Schweitzer
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Cross and the Trenches written by Richard Schweitzer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-05-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the testimony of over 500 British and American soldiers, the author provides an in-depth account of topics such as soldiers prayers and biblical readings, as well as religious doubts.
Author : David Bank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783598336300
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)
Download or read book British Biographical Index written by David Bank and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. War Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Officers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 written by Great Britain. War Office and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
