Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature
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- Author: Santanu Das, Queen Mary University of London
- Date Published: June 2008
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- isbn: 9780521066877
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War writing is haunted by experiences of physical contact: from the muddy realities of the front to the emotional intensity of trench life. Through extensive archival and historical research, analyzing previously unknown letters and diaries alongside literary writings by figures such as Owen and Brittain, Santanu Das recovers the sensuous world of the First World War trenches and hospitals. This original and evocative study alters our understanding of the period as well as of the body at war, and illuminates the perilous intimacy between sense experience, emotion and language as we try to make meaning in times of crisis.
Read more- An original investigation of the importance of touch and physical sensation in First World War writing
- Uses previously unknown letters and memoirs to reveal personal experiences of the trenches
- Combines cultural and historical analyses with new readings of Wilfred Owen and other war poets
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"Das's analysis is subtle and convincing throughout....Photographs and an impressive bibliography enhance the book. Essential." -- Choice
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- Date Published: June 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521066877
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- contains: 21 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: 'Touch is the spirit and rule of all'
Part I. Mud:
1. 'A real monster that sucked': the threat of mud in First World War literature
2. Muddy narratives
Part II. Intimacies:
3. 'Kiss me, Hardy': the dying kiss in the First World War trenches
4. Wilfred Owen and the sense of touch
Part III. Wounds:
5. 'Deep into his body': service, sympathy and suffering in the nurses' memoirs
6. The operating theatre
Conclusion
Bibliography.
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