The Great War in British Literature

By Adrian Barlow

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521644208
• ISBN13: 9780521644204
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 to 19 years
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary