From fighting the war to writing the war: from glory to guilt?

Taylor, David (2009) From fighting the war to writing the war: from glory to guilt? Contemporary British History, 23 (3). pp. 293-313. ISSN 13619462

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Abstract

Perceptions of the Great War are still dominated by the accounts of a few canonical writers, such as Owen and Sassoon. Alternative soldier narratives have been marginalised. The wartime writings of the ex-navvy from Donegal, Patrick MacGill, published in 1915 and 1916, reveal an alternative perspective that throws a different light on the meaning attached to the war. Further, MacGill's post-war novel Fear!, published in 1921 is a strikingly early example of disillusionment with the war and shows how, even at an individual level, perceptions of the Great War changed dramatically as the writer moved from near-contemporaneous to reflective writing on the conflict

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Schools:	School of Music, Humanities and Media
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Depositing User:	Briony Heyhoe
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2009 14:44
Last Modified:	21 Jun 2013 15:30
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/5444

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