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The Great War in British Literature (Cambridge Contexts in Literature) (Paperback)

by Adrian Barlow (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (20 April 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0521644208
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521644204
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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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.


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Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book for A level students of FWW literature, 28 Dec 2000
By Michele Fry (Oxford, England) - See all my reviews
  
Adrian Barlow's book is a very useful introduction for anyone teaching FWW literature to A-level students. It is thoughtfully written and clearly laid out. There are some very useful features, including a section on how to approach FWW texts, several extracts from novels and letters as well as several poems (including some less well-known poems, I am pleased to see). There is also a good section on 'Critical Approaches' to FWW literature - including much needed and valuable comments on anthologising the FWW and gender & feminist approaches to the literature. There is also a discussion of how to write about 'the Great War in British literature' which I am sure students will find helpful, plus a selection of resources - including a short list of web sites. All in all this is a very good book and worth its price. I would not hesitate to recommend it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 3 April 2008
I bought this book to find out more about the literature of the First World War. Yet, when I opened it, I was surprised to find a lack of information about even the most famous poems and books on the subject. And then I found the reason: on page 9 of the introduction, the writer explains his choice of texts and extracts in Part 3 (pages 73-95): "Most of the material in this section is not easily accessible elsewhere; poems already easily found in anthologies of war poetry and extracts from familiar novels still in print have not been included". In other words, this book talks a fair bit about books and poems that you probably haven't come across before but you'll look in vain for a complete poem by Owen or a decent extract from one of Sassoon's books. This is really, really annoying. I got the book to help me find my way in to the literature about the period. This book is no help at all. A real waste of money.
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