German First World War Writing : Literature and the Politics of Memory, 1919-1933

by Martin

• ISBN13: 9780333774915
• ISBN10: 0333774914
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

War writing played a key role in shaping German political and cultural self-understanding in the years 1918-33, yet the importance of German First World War literature has been overlooked in the English-speaking world. Nicholas Martin's overview emphasises the distinctive qualities of German literary responses to the First World War. It covers three central aspects of war writing in the German context: the literary reconstruction of war experience; the creation and manipulation of cultural memory through literature; and the political significance of war narratives.

Author Biography

Nicholas Martin is Lecturer in Modern Languages at University of St. Andrews.

Table of Contents

The Great War and German Memory * Combat * Trauma * The Crucible of War * Images of the Enemy * Home Fires * Recovered Memory * Politics and Cultural Memory * Index