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Book SynopsisThe first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918
Trade ReviewOne thing is certain: among the thousands of books published to mark the centenary of the Great War, there will be few, if any, which examine the immediate aftermath of the fighting as originally, incisively and movingly as the collections of essays in 'The Silent Morning'. -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction: ‘This grave day’ – Trudi Tate and Kate Kennedy
1. The parting of the ways: The Armistice, the Silence and Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s end – John Pegum
2. Alfred Döblin’s November 1918: The Alsatian prelude – Klaus Hofmann
3. ‘A strange mood’: British popular fiction and post-war uncertainties – George Simmers
4. Fighting the peace: Two women's accounts of the post-war years – Alison Hennegan
5. King Baby: Infant care into the peace – Trudi Tate
6. ‘What a victory it might have been’: C. E. Montague and the First World War – Andrew Frayn
7. The Bookman, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Armistice – Jane Potter
8. ‘Misunderstood ... mainly because of my Jewishness’: Arthur Schnitzler after the First World War – Max Haberich
9. Leaping over shadows: Ernst Krenek and post-war Vienna – Peter Tregear
10. Silence recalled in sound: British classical music and the Armistice – Kate Kennedy
11. Sacrifice defeated: The Armistice and depictions of victimhood in German women’s art 1918–24 – Claudia Siebrecht
12. ‘Remembering, we forget’: British art at the Armistice – Michael Walsh
13. Indecisive victory? : German and British soldiers at the Armistice – Alexander Watson
14. Mixing memory and desire: British and German war memorials after 1918 – Adrian Barlow
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