RT Book T1 The embattled self: French soldiers' testimony of the Great War A1 Smith, Leonard V. 1957- LA English PP Ithaca PB Cornell University Press YR 2014 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/836769570 AB 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. AB 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. OP 229 NO Description based upon print version of record CN D640.A2.S55 2007eb SN 9780801479564 SN 9780801471216 K1 World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, French K1 World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war K1 World War, 1914-1918 ; Literature and the war K1 World War, 1914-1918 ; Personal narratives, French K1 Electronic books K1 Erlebnisbericht