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Great War in British Literature

by Adrian Barlow
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Apr 2000
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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.

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PublishedApr 20, 2000
ISBN-100521644208
ISBN-139780521644204
LanguageEnglish

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