Humour in British First World War Literature Taming the Great War
This book explores how humorous depictions of the Great War helped to familiarise, domesticate and tame the conflict. In contrast to the well-known First World War literature that focuses on extraordinary emotional disruption and the extremes of war, this study shows other writers used humour to cre...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: ‘[A]s in most war fiction, humour predominates’
- 2. Humour and Britishness During the Great War: ‘If a man brings us a joke, we require to be satisfied of its durability’
- 3. The Domestication of Death: ‘There are lots of jokes’
- 4. Class and Social Structure: ‘It is not taken seriously’
- 5. War and the Depiction of Gender: ‘Let us hope for the best and assume that he is dead’
- 6. The War and the Domestic Sphere: ‘That perpetual sense of the ridiculous’
- 7. Parody and Pop Culture in Trench Newspapers: ‘Let’s whistle ragtime ditties while we’re bashing out Hun brains’
- 8. Short Fiction and Service-Author Heroes: ‘You can’t expect glory and accuracy for a half-penny’
- 9. Conclusion