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This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors.

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Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Preface; 1. Introduction; I. WAR; 2. Documenting; 3. Desiring; 4. Killing; II. POSTWAR; 5. Escaping; 6. Grieving; 7. Adjusting; III. 'PEACE'; 8. Atomizing; Works Cited; Index.

Literature of the 1940s War Postwar and Peace

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 30/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9780748627448, 978-0748627448
      ISBN10: 0748627448
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors.

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Preface; 1. Introduction; I. WAR; 2. Documenting; 3. Desiring; 4. Killing; II. POSTWAR; 5. Escaping; 6. Grieving; 7. Adjusting; III. 'PEACE'; 8. Atomizing; Works Cited; Index.

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