The embattled self: French soldiers' testimony of the Great War
Situated at the intersection of military history and cultural history, The Embattled Self draws on the testimony of French combatants to explore how combatants came to terms with the war.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Soldier
/ World War
B French language / War stories / World War (Motif) B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, French
B World War, 1914-1918 ; Literature and the war B World War, 1914-1918 ; Personal narratives, French B Experience account B World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war B Electronic books |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Situated at the intersection of military history and cultural history, The Embattled Self draws on the testimony of French combatants to explore how combatants came to terms with the war. The Embattled Self -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Experience, Narrative, and Narrator in the Great War -- 1. Rites of Passage and the Initiation to Combat -- 2. The Mastery of Survival: Death, Mutilation, and Killing -- 3. The Genre of Consent -- 4. The Novel and the Search for Closure -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (229 p) |
| ISBN: | 9780801479564 9780801471216 |
