An astute literary and cultural history of World War I in France that offers a fresh perspective on the popular culture of the Great War The First World War soldier has often been depicted as a helpless victim sacrificed by a ruthless society in the trenches of the Western Front. In fact, Libby Murp...

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1. Verfasser:	Murphy, Libby
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Schlagworte:	1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 > France > Literature and the war. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French. War and literature France
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	An astute literary and cultural history of World War I in France that offers a fresh perspective on the popular culture of the Great War The First World War soldier has often been depicted as a helpless victim sacrificed by a ruthless society in the trenches of the Western Front. In fact, Libby Murphy reveals, French soldiers drew upon a long-standing European tradition to imagine themselves not as heroes or victims but as survivors. Murphy investigates how infantrymen and civilians attempted to make sense of the war while it was still in progress by reviving the picaresque, a literary mode in which unheroic protagonists are forced to fend for themselves in a chaotic and hostile world. By examining works by French and European novelists, journalists, graphic artists, cultural critics, and filmmakers-including Charlie Chaplin-Libby Murphy shows how the rich tradition of the European picaresque was uniquely appropriate for expressing anxieties provoked by modern, industrialized warfare.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (302 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
ISBN:	9780300225006 0300225008