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almahu_9947363472902882
Umfang:
256 p. :
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5 black and white.
ISBN:
9781137302717 :
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1137302712 :
Serie:
New Directions in Book History
Inhalt:
Ranging from soldiers reading newspapers at the front to authors' responses to the war, this book sheds new light on the reading habits and preferences of men and women, combatants and civilians, during the First World War. This is the first study of the conflict from the perspective of readers. .
Anmerkung:
Electronic book text.
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Epublication based on: 9781137302700, 2015.
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Publisher’s recommended alternative: 9781137302724, 2015.
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List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction-- Edmund G.C. King and Shafquat TowheedPART I: READING AND THE FORMATION OF THE LITERARY CANON1. Khaki and Kisses: Reading the romance novel in the Great War-- Jane Potter2. Towards a popular canon: Education, war and authorial identity in Europe, 1914-1929-- Alisa MillerPART II: WRITERS' READING AND RESPONSES: FORD MADOX FORD AND EDITH WHARTON3. Ford Madox Ford, reading, and Parade's End-- Max Saunders4. Reading the Great War: an examination of Edith Wharton's reading and responses, 1914-18-- Shafquat TowheedPART III: READING AND THE MASSES: AMERICA AND ITALY5. 'Please send me Tess of the Dr Rbyvilles (Harding)': the reading preferences of American soldiers-- Jonathan Arnold 6. 'Today they read even those who did not read': Reading in Italy during the First World War-- Sara MoriPART IV: READING AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' READING AT THE FRONT7. William Albert Amiet, Barrister-At-Law, M.A., reads his way through the Great War-- Jim Cleary8. A captive audience? The reading lives of Australian prisoners of wars, 1914-18-- Edmund G.C. KingPART V: READING AND GROUP IDENTITY: WAR ARTISTS AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS9. Reading behind the lines: War artists, war poets, reading and letter writing, 1917-19-- Jonathan Black10. Only a scrap of paper: the prison reading of British conscientious objectors, 1916-19-- Catherine FeelyPART VI: READING THE NEWS: NEWSPAPERS IN BELGIUM, FRANCE AND GERMANY11. German soldier newspapers and their Allied counterparts-- Robert L. Nelson12. Forbidden reading in occupied countries: Belgium and France, 1914-18-- Emmanuel Debruyne Bibliography Index.
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Englisch
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