The Penguin Book of First World War Stories

Author:   Ann-Marie Einhaus ,  Barbara Korte
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9780141442150


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Format:   Paperback
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New anthology of stories about the Great War An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods- the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cultural interest.

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Author:   Ann-Marie Einhaus ,  Barbara Korte
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9780141442150


ISBN 10:   0141442158
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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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 Meyrick—Company 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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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. Barbara Korte has published on the literature of World War One 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 One 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.

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