Description
Book SynopsisAnalyses the phenomenon of literary disenchantment after the First World War -- .
Trade Review'A nuanced, sophisticated book that advances its insights through careful readings of works both iconic and very nearly forgotten. The pairing of high modernist with mass-cultural novels is ingenious, and reveals the overarching coherence of British culture in the Great War.'
Stephen Ross, University of Victoria
‘Andrew Frayn's Writing Disenchantment is a signal achievement - an original, thoughtful book that forces us to think again about both the Great War's legacies, and the relationship between British society, culture, and economy in the widest possible sense. Keenly attentive to the politically charged nature of writing about war and its aftermath, and ranging across ostensibly discrete forms of 'mass' and 'modernist' writing, Frayn shows how disenchantment became a keynote in the formation of British modernities. Vital reading for literary critics and historians working on this period, Writing Disenchantment is also an excellent critical introduction to the contested memories of the Great War for undergraduate and postgraduate students.’
Matt Houlbrook, Professor of Cultural History, University of Birmingham
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Patriotism, propaganda and pacifism, 1914–18
2. Hope to Disenchantment, 1919–22
3. Modernism, conflict and the Home Front, 1922–27
4. Sagas and series, 1924–28
5. Popular disenchantment: the war books boom, 1928–30
Conclusion
Index
