Deer, Patrick, 1966-
Culture in camouflage war, empire, and modern British literature / [electronic resource] : Patrick Deer. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (x, 329 p.) : ill., port.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The British state and war machine struggled to produce a fully modernized and persuasive war culture in two world wars by freely cannibalizing art and literature. Deer explores writers' attempts to find their perspectives on the action in the face of the violence and alienation of total war and an overpowering official war culture.
9780191716782 (ebook) : No price
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
PR478.W65
820.93581
Culture in camouflage war, empire, and modern British literature / [electronic resource] : Patrick Deer. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (x, 329 p.) : ill., port.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The British state and war machine struggled to produce a fully modernized and persuasive war culture in two world wars by freely cannibalizing art and literature. Deer explores writers' attempts to find their perspectives on the action in the face of the violence and alienation of total war and an overpowering official war culture.
9780191716782 (ebook) : No price
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
PR478.W65
820.93581