A remarkable anthology of short fiction written during and after World War I captures the impact of the Great War on British culture and society in works by Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Graves, Muriel Spark, Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, and others. An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature.
A remarkable anthology of short fiction written during and after World War I captures the impact of the Great War on British culture and society in works by Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Graves, Muriel Spark, Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, and others.An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature.
Barbara Korte has published on the literature of World War I and the British short story. A project commencing in January 2006 is devoted to the impact of the short story on the British perception of the Great War. Ann-Marie Einhaus is working on a PhD thesis on the British short story of World War I in the light of British cultural memory, and has previously treated the First World War for her MA thesis on women's Great War poetry.
Inhaltsangabe
The Penguin Book of First World War StoriesIntroduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts 1. Front Arthur Machen, 'The Bowmen' 'Sapper' (Herman Cyril McNeile), 'Private MeyrickCompany Idiot' C. E. Montague, 'A Trade Report Only' Richard Aldington, 'Victory' Anne Perry, 'Heroes' Mary Borden, 'Blind' Katherine Mansfield, 'An Indiscreet Journey' Joseph Conrad, 'The Tale' A. W. Wells, 'Chanson Triste' 2. Spies and Intelligence Arthur Conan Doyle, 'His Last Bow' W. Somerset Maugham, 'Giulia Lazzari' John Buchan, 'The Loathly Opposite' 3. At Home Rudyard Kipling, 'Mary Postgate' Stacy Aumonier, 'Them Others' John Galsworthy, 'Told by the Schoolmaster' D. H. Lawrence, 'Tickets, Please' Radclyffe Hall, 'Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself' Hugh Walpole, 'Nobody' 4. In Retrospect Harold Brighouse, 'Once a Hero' Katherine Mansfield, 'The Fly' Winifred Holtby, 'The Casualty List' Robert Graves, 'Christmas Truce' Muriel Spark, 'The First Year of My Life' Robert Grossmith, 'Company' Julian Barnes, 'Evermore' Maps Places of the Western Front Glossary Military Abbreviations Notes Biographies Acknowledgements
The Penguin Book of First World War StoriesIntroduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts 1. Front Arthur Machen, 'The Bowmen' 'Sapper' (Herman Cyril McNeile), 'Private MeyrickCompany Idiot' C. E. Montague, 'A Trade Report Only' Richard Aldington, 'Victory' Anne Perry, 'Heroes' Mary Borden, 'Blind' Katherine Mansfield, 'An Indiscreet Journey' Joseph Conrad, 'The Tale' A. W. Wells, 'Chanson Triste' 2. Spies and Intelligence Arthur Conan Doyle, 'His Last Bow' W. Somerset Maugham, 'Giulia Lazzari' John Buchan, 'The Loathly Opposite' 3. At Home Rudyard Kipling, 'Mary Postgate' Stacy Aumonier, 'Them Others' John Galsworthy, 'Told by the Schoolmaster' D. H. Lawrence, 'Tickets, Please' Radclyffe Hall, 'Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself' Hugh Walpole, 'Nobody' 4. In Retrospect Harold Brighouse, 'Once a Hero' Katherine Mansfield, 'The Fly' Winifred Holtby, 'The Casualty List' Robert Graves, 'Christmas Truce' Muriel Spark, 'The First Year of My Life' Robert Grossmith, 'Company' Julian Barnes, 'Evermore' Maps Places of the Western Front Glossary Military Abbreviations Notes Biographies Acknowledgements
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