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Author: Paul Fussell

📘 The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

In The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell analyzes the British experience of the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing on how literature—especially the works of David Jones, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden—has commemorated, conventionalized, and mythologized the Great War. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, including Imperial War Museum records, Fussell offers a poetic and insightful account of the conflict that has reshaped our understanding of modern history.

First publish date: 1975

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Paul Fussell

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