The Great War in British Literature

by Adrian Barlow

Overview

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The Great War of 1914-18 continues to fascinate readers and writers. This book aims to explore the different ways in which this war has featured both as a genre and as a theme in British literature of the past century; it asks what actually is the literature of the Great War, and looks at different ways in which people have read this literature, reacted to it and used it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521644204
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2000
Series:	Cambridge Contexts in Literature
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Reading the Great War; 2. Approaching the texts; 3. Texts and extracts; 4. Critical approaches; 5. How to write about the Great War in British literature; 6. Resources.