The Silent Morning: Culture and Memory After the Armistice

Author:   Trudi Tate ,  Kate Kennedy ,  Bertrand Taithe ,  Penny Summerfield
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 January 2016
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Author:   Trudi Tate ,  Kate Kennedy ,  Bertrand Taithe ,  Penny Summerfield
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781784991166


ISBN 10:   1784991163
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 January 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Introduction: ‘This grave day’ – Trudi Tate and Kate Kennedy 1. The parting of the ways: the Armistice, the Silence and Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End – John Pegum 2. Alfred Döblin’s November 1918: the Alsatian prelude – Klaus Hofmann 3. ‘A strange mood’: British popular fiction and post-war uncertainties – George Simmers 4. Fighting the peace: two women's accounts of the post-war years – Alison Hennegan 5. King Baby: infant care into the peace – Trudi Tate 6. ‘What a victory it might have been’: C. E. Montague and the First World War – Andrew Frayn 7. The Bookman, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Armistice – Jane Potter 8. ‘Misunderstood ... mainly because of my Jewishness’: Arthur Schnitzler after the First World War – Max Haberich 9. Leaping over shadows: Ernst Krenek and post-war Vienna – Peter Tregear 10. Silence recalled in sound: British classical music and the Armistice – Kate Kennedy 11. Sacrifice defeated: the Armistice and depictions of victimhood in German women’s art 1918–24 – Claudia Siebrecht 12. ‘Remembering, we forget’: British art at the Armistice – Michael Walsh 13. Indecisive victory?: German and British soldiers at the Armistice – Alexander Watson 14. Mixing memory and desire: British and German war memorials after 1918 – Adrian Barlow Bibliography Notes on contributors Index -- .

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'One thing is certain: among the thousands of books published to mark the centenary of the Great War, there will be few, if any, which examine the immediate aftermath of the fighting as originally, incisively and movingly as the collections of essays in 'The Silent Morning'.', Susan Smart|'This is a magnificent collection of essays on an original and exciting topic and will be a defining volume in the field.' Santanu Das, King's College, London|The Silent Morning 'fills a significant gap in the field' and 'paves the way for further studies, transforming the way in which First World War remembrance is thought about.' Hope Wolf, Women: A Cultural Review (26, 1: 2015) -- .


'One thing is certain: among the thousands of books published to mark the centenary of the Great War, there will be few, if any, which examine the immediate aftermath of the fighting as originally, incisively and movingly as the collections of essays in 'The Silent Morning'.' -- Susan Smart. 'This is a magnificent collection of essays on an original and exciting topic and will be a defining volume in the field.' Santanu Das, King's College, London -- . The Silent Morning 'fills a significant gap in the field' and 'paves the way for further studies, transforming the way in which First World War remembrance is thought about.' Hope Wolf, Women: A Cultural Review (26, 1: 2015) -- .


Author Information

Trudi Tate is a Fellow of Clare Hall and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge Kate Kennedy is a Research Fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge -- .

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