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Everything to nothing : the poetry of the Great War, revolution and the transformation of Europe /

"The poets' Great War--violence, revolution and modernism. The First World War changed the map of Europe forever; empires collapsed, new countries emerged, revolutions shocked and inspired the world. The Great War is often referred to as 'the literary war,' the war that saw both...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buelens, Geert, 1971- (Author)
Other Authors: McKay, David (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Verso, 2015.
Subjects:
European poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
World War, 1914-1918 > Literature and the war.
Poets > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Europe.
World War, 1914-1918 > Influence.
Revolutions > Europe > History > 20th century.
Social change > Europe > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Social aspects > Europe > History > 20th century.
Internationalism > Social aspects > Europe > History > 20th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • What Was in the Air : Europe at the Start of the Twentieth Century
  • A Hot Summer : July-September 1914
  • The Voice of Steel : Autumn and Winter 1914
  • The Smell of Mustard Gas in the Morning : The War in 1915
  • A Europe of Words, a Europe of Action : Nationalism and Revolution, 1915-1916
  • Writing Poetry After Verdun and the Somme : The Battles of 1916
  • Cafe Dada : Anti-Semitism, Pacifism and the Avant-garde
  • Total War : Peace Plans, Revolution and Mutiny in 1917
  • Last Man Standing : Endgame, 1918
  • 11/11 and After : Europe, 1918-1925
  • Afterword.