Reimagining the War Memorial, Reinterpreting the Great War

The Formats of British Commemorative Fiction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4438-3764-4
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 225 Seiten

Reimagining the War Memorial, Reinterpreting the Great War: The Formats of British Commemorative Fiction is an in-depth analysis of the role of British war memorials in literature and film, in the wider context of the commemorative trend in contemporary culture. The Sheffield City Battalion Memorial, the Menin Gate Memorial, the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, the Royal Artillery Memorial, and the Shot at Dawn Memorial are the focus of the discussion, which aims to show how the meanings assigned to specific war memorials create ideologically diverse interpretations of the British experience of the Great War, ranging from the futility myth to the imperial sublime. The epistemological ambivalence of the war memorial lies at the heart of the analysis of the selected novels, films and plays, for the condemnation of a military conflict as a historical evil does not necessarily exclude the possibility of honouring the men who fought in it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sokolowska-Paryz, Marzena

Über Autor(innen)

Sokolowska-Paryz, Marzena
Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz received her MA and PhD from Warsaw University, where she now works at the Institute of English Studies. She is the author of The Myth of War in British and Polish Poetry, 1939-1945, as well as articles on contemporary prose fiction, poetry and film.

Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz received her MA and PhD from Warsaw University, where she now works at the Institute of English Studies. She is the author of The Myth of War in British and Polish Poetry, 1939-1945, as well as articles on contemporary prose fiction, poetry and film.