Santanu Das

Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Santanu Das uncovers the intimate history of how war was experienced by the body.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780521066877
• ISBN-10: 0521066875
• Artikelnr.: 23605246

Autorenporträt

Santanu Das is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Touch is the spirit and rule of all'
Part I. Mud: 1. 'A real monster that sucked': the threat of mud in First World War literature
2. Muddy narratives
Part II. Intimacies: 3. 'Kiss me, Hardy': the dying kiss in the First World War trenches
4. Wilfred Owen and the sense of touch
Part III. Wounds: 5. 'Deep into his body': service, sympathy and suffering in the nurses' memoirs
6. The operating theatre
Conclusion
Bibliography.