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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 TheCambridgeCompaniontotheLiteratureoftheFirstWorldWar TheGreatWarof1914–18marksaturningpointinmodernhistoryandcul- ture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres andsocialcontextsthatdefinethestudyofthewritingsproducedbytheFirst World War. The volume comprises original essays by distinguished scholars ofinternationalreputation,whoexaminetheimpactofthewaronthemajor nationalliteratures,principallythoseofGreatBritain,Germany,France,and theUnitedStates.Additionalconsiderationisgiventothewaythewaraffected modernism,theEuropeanavant-garde,film,andwomen’swriting.Afinalsec- tionofessaysaddressesthelegacyofthewarinsubsequentliteraryandpopular culture.TheCompanionoffersreadersachronologyofkeyeventsandpublica- tiondatesleadingupthroughandfollowingthewar,anditprovidesacurrent bibliographyoffurtherreadingorganizedbymajorscholarlytopics. © 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 StanleySpencer,TheResurrectionofSoldiers,inSandhamMemorialChapel,Burghclere, 1928–29(detail).(cid:1)C EstateofStanleySpencer2005.Allrightsreserved,DACS. Photo(cid:1)C NationalTrustPhotographicLibrary/A.C.Cooper © 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 COMPANION TO THE LITERATURE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR EDITED BY VINCENT SHERRY © 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 published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,cb22ru,UK 40West20thStreet,NewYork,ny10011–4211,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org (cid:1)C CambridgeUniversityPress2005 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. 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SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata TheCambridgecompaniontotheliteratureoftheFirstWorldWar/editedbyVincentSherry. p. cm.–(Cambridgecompanionstoliterature) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0521821452(alk.paper)–isbn0521528976(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Literature,Modern–20thcentury–Historyandcriticism. 2.WorldWar,1914–1918– Literatureandthewar. i.Sherry,VincentB. ii.Series. pn771.c27 2004 809(cid:2).93358–dc22 2004054230 isbn0521821452hardback isbn0521528976paperback ThepublisherhasuseditsbestendeavourstoensurethattheURLsforexternalwebsites referredtointhisbookarecorrectandactiveatthetimeofgoingtopress.However,the publisherhasnoresponsibilityforthewebsitesandcanmakenoguaranteethatasitewill remainliveorthatthecontentisorwillremainappropriate. © 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 CONTENTS Listofillustrations page vii Notesoncontributors ix Chronology xi Introduction 1 vincent sherry PartI: TheGreatWarinBritishliteraryculture 1 Britishwarmemoirs 15 paul edwards 2 TheBritishnovelandthewar 34 david trotter 3 TheGreatWar,history,andtheEnglishlyric 57 edna longley 4 Britishwomen’swritingoftheGreatWar 85 claire buck 5 TheGreatWarandliterarymodernisminEngland 113 vincent sherry PartII: Theworldwar:Pan-Europeanviews,transatlantic prospects 6 TheGreatWarandtheEuropeanavant-garde 141 marjorie perloff v © 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 contents 7 FrenchwritingoftheGreatWar 166 catharine savage brosman 8 TheGreatWarandmodernGermanmemory 191 stanley corngold 9 AmericanwritingoftheGreatWar 217 john t. matthews PartIII: Postwarengagements 10 Myths,memories,andmonuments:reimaginingthe GreatWar 245 sharon ouditt 11 Interpretingthewar 261 james campbell 12 TheGreatWarintwentieth-centurycinema 280 laura marcus Guidetofurtherreading 302 Index 310 vi © 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 ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece:StanleySpencer,TheResurrectionofSoldiersin SandhamMemorialChapel,Burghclere,1928–29.(cid:1)C Estateof StanleySpencer2005.Allrightsreserved,DACS.Photo (cid:1)C NationalTrustPhotographicLibrary/A.C.Cooper pageii 1 CentralLondonRecruitingDepot,August1914.Reproduced bypermissionofCulverPictures 3 2 GermanandBritishtroops,Christmastruce,1914. ReproducedbythecourtesyoftheImperialWarMuseum, London(Q11718) 19 3 Britishsoldier,battlefieldrites.Reproducedbythecourtesyof theImperialWarMuseum,London(Q11579) 70 4 TheGreatSilence,11a.m.,11November1920.Reproduced bythecourtesyoftheImperialWarMuseum,London (Q14966) 70 5 Womenmunitionsworkers,Britain.Reproducedbythe courtesyoftheImperialWarMuseum,London(Q30038) 86 6 Britishconscription/recruitingposter.Reproducedbythe courtesyoftheImperialWarMuseum,London(Q79827) 117 7 UmbertoBoccioni,TheCityRises,1910–11(oiloncanvas). ReproducedbypermissionoftheMuseumofModernArt, NewYork(Mrs.SimonGuggenheinFund) 147 8 UmbertoBoccioni,UniqueFormsofContinuityinSpace, 1913,bronze,cast1939.Reproducedbypermissionofthe MuseumofModernArt,NewYork.Acquiredthroughthe LillieP.BlissRequest 148 9 AntonioSant’Elia,LaCitta` nuova.Inkandcolorpencilon paper.53×51.5cm.ReproducedbypermissionofTheMusei Civici,Como 149 10 BlaiseCendrarsandSoniaDelaunay,LaProseduTranssibe´rien etdelapetiteJeannedeFrance,1913.Multicoloredinksand vii © 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 list of illustrations pochoirgouacheonsimilijaponpaper,78×14inches. PublishedbyEditionsdesHommesNouveaux,Paris. ReproducedbypermissionoftheMitchellWolfson,Jr. Collection,TheWolfsonian-FloridaInternationalUniversity, MiamiBeach,Florida(87.799.2.1) 158 11 Frenchfundingposter.Reproducedbypermissionofthe ConservateurenChefoftheMuse´edelaGuerre,Paris 173 12 Poilus,Frenchinfantrymen.Reproducedbythecourtesyofthe ImperialWarMuseum,London(Q53517) 173 13 GermanrecruitssettingofffortheFront,August1914. ReproducedbythecourtesyoftheImperialWarMuseum, London(Q81763) 193 14 Germancavalrypreparedforgasattack.Reproducedby permissionoftheNationalArchives,WashingtonD.C. 196 15 African-AmericantroopsmarchinginFrance.Reproducedby permissionoftheNationalArchives,WashingtonD.C. 219 16 Americanrecruitingposter.Reproducedbythecourtesyofthe ImperialWarMuseum,London(Q82538) 225 viii © 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 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS catharine savage brosman isProfessorEmeritaofFrenchatTulane University and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield. HerpublicationsincludeMalraux,Sartre,andAragonasPoliticalNovelists (1964); Art as Testimony: The Work of Jules Roy (1989); Visions of War in France: Fiction, Art, Ideology (1999), as well as books on Gide, Martin du Gard, Sartre, Beauvoir, and Camus, various edited volumes, and many essaysandarticles. claire buck teachesEnglishatWheatonCollegeinMassachusetts.Her publicationsincludeH.D.andFreud:BisexualityandaFeminineDiscourse (1991); The Bloomsbury Guide to Women’s Literature (1992); and many articles on women’s writing. She is currently writing a study of English nationalism,dissidentsexualities,andFirstWorldWarwriting. james campbell is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Central Florida. His articles on First World War literature have appeared inELH and NLH, and he is currently completingabookonsexuality,gnosis,andtheliteratureofthewar. stanley corngold is Professor of German and Comparative Litera- ture at Princeton University. He is presently completing a Norton Critical EditionofKafka’sSelectedStories.OtherrecentpublicationsincludeLam- bent Traces: Franz Kafka (2004); Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in GermanLiterature(1998);andTheFateoftheSelf(1994). paul edwards is Professor of English and History of Art at Bath Spa UniversityCollege.HeistheauthorofWyndhamLewis:ArtandWar(1992) and Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer (2000). He has edited books on Vorticism and modernist London, as well as producing critical editions of severalofWyndhamLewis’sbooks. edna longley is Professor Emerita in the School of English, Queen’s University, Belfast. Her books include The Living Stream: Literature and ix © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org
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