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issybird · 07-27-2011, 06:14 PM

I'd like to nominate The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell's seminal study of World War One as the dawn of the modern era, using the the narratives of British memoirists and poets as the prism with which to view it. Fussell pinpoints accounts which were both historical experience and artistic rendering, with the overarching leitmotif of tragedy.

The book, published in 1975, won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. I think it's especially relevant as we approach the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the Great War, as we see how much the world has changed and to what extent the world hasn't learned the excruciating lessons of that conflict.

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inkmesh and Goodreads.

07-27-2011, 06:14 PM	#7
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,210 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	I'd like to nominate The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell's seminal study of World War One as the dawn of the modern era, using the the narratives of British memoirists and poets as the prism with which to view it. Fussell pinpoints accounts which were both historical experience and artistic rendering, with the overarching leitmotif of tragedy. The book, published in 1975, won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. I think it's especially relevant as we approach the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the Great War, as we see how much the world has changed and to what extent the world hasn't learned the excruciating lessons of that conflict. Links to inkmesh and Goodreads. Last edited by issybird; 07-27-2011 at 06:17 PM.