Sites of memory, sites of mourning: the Great War in European cultural history

I. Catastrophe and consolation. 1. Homecomings: the return of the dead ; 2. Communities in mourning ; 3. Spiritualism and the 'Lost Generation' ; 4. War memorials and the mourning process -- II. Cultural codes and languages of mourning. 5. Mythologies of war: films, popular religion, and t...

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Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
Ausgabe:Canto Classics ed.
Schriftenreihe:Canto classics
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Zusammenfassung:I. Catastrophe and consolation. 1. Homecomings: the return of the dead ; 2. Communities in mourning ; 3. Spiritualism and the 'Lost Generation' ; 4. War memorials and the mourning process -- II. Cultural codes and languages of mourning. 5. Mythologies of war: films, popular religion, and the business of the sacred ; 6. The apocalyptic imagination in art: from anticipation to allegory ; 7. The apocalyptic imagination in war literature ; 8. War poetry, romanticism, and the return of the sacred ; 9. Conclusion
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-297) and index
Beschreibung:X, 310 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781107661653
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