The Return of the Soldier - Brossura

West, Rebecca

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1551115123 ISBN 13: 9781551115122

Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 2010

Riassunto

The Return of the Soldier tells the story of a shell-shocked soldier who returns home from the First World War believing that he is in love with a working-class woman from his past, rather than married to his aristocratic wife. His family and doctor must decide whether to allow him to remain safely in his delusion, or to bring him back to reality and return him to the front. A brief novel with a seemingly simple plot, it is a classic of modernist literature and provides a point of entry into discussions of some of the twentieth century’s most enduring themes.

Appendices include textual variants, patriotic and antiwar verse from World War I, war journalism by West, contemporary paintings and propaganda posters, and material on shell-shock.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Bernard Schweizer is Associate Professor of English at Long Island University.

Charles Thorne teaches English at Bergen Community College, New Jersey.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Broadview Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1551115123
• ISBN 13: 9781551115122
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Redattore: Schweizer Bernard, Thorne Charles
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile