The Edinburgh Companion To The First World War And The Arts (edinburgh Companions To Literature)
by Anne-Marie Einhaus /
2017 / English / PDF
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The First World War continues to be seen as a cultural as well as a
political rift in the early twentieth century. This collection
explores literary and artistic responses to the war's upheavals
across a wide range of media and genres, from poetry to pamphlets,
sculpture to television documentary, and requiems to war reporting.
Rather than looking at particular forms of artistic expression in
isolation and focusing only on the war and inter-war period, the
essays collected in this volume approach artistic responses to the
war from a wide variety of angles and - where appropriate - pursue
their inquiry into the present day. What means and approaches were
employed to respond to the shock of war? How and why have literary
and artistic responses to the war changed over time? How far are
later works of art responses not only to the war itself, but to
earlier cultural production? These are key questions that the
volume seeks to answer.
The First World War continues to be seen as a cultural as well as a
political rift in the early twentieth century. This collection
explores literary and artistic responses to the war's upheavals
across a wide range of media and genres, from poetry to pamphlets,
sculpture to television documentary, and requiems to war reporting.
Rather than looking at particular forms of artistic expression in
isolation and focusing only on the war and inter-war period, the
essays collected in this volume approach artistic responses to the
war from a wide variety of angles and - where appropriate - pursue
their inquiry into the present day. What means and approaches were
employed to respond to the shock of war? How and why have literary
and artistic responses to the war changed over time? How far are
later works of art responses not only to the war itself, but to
earlier cultural production? These are key questions that the
volume seeks to answer.
