Culture in camouflage [electronic resource] : war, empire, and modern British literature /
by Deer, Patrick.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (x, 329 p.) : ill., port.ISBN: 9780191716782 (ebook) :.Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war | World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war | English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticismOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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