Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War
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Book Overview
This book examines Canada's collective memory of the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s beginning with the Armistice in 1918. This book deals with cultural history more than military history and looks at art, music and literature during World War I. Comparable to Modris Eskteins' Rites of Spring and Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory, the author draws on a broad range of sources, published and unpublished, making this book an original contribution to the growing literature dealing with World War I. Thematically organized into such subjects as the symbolism of the soldier, the implications of war memory for Canadian nationalism and the idea of a just war, the book draws on military records, memoirs, war memorials, newspaper reports, fiction, popular songs, and films. In each case Vance draws a distinction between the objective realities of the war and the way that contemporaries remember it. Death so Noble takes an unorthodox look at the Canadian war experience. It views the Great War as a cultural and philosophical force rather than as a political and military event. It will be of interest to specialists in First World War history and literature as well as a general audience.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0774806001
ISBN13:9780774806008
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Americas Canada Cultural Europe History Military Politics & Social Sciences World War ICustomer Reviews
2 ratings
instructive and enlightening
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Extremely well written and filled to the brim with usefull information concerning the War and all that you always wanted to know (and more). Black and white photographs and a bibiography help anyone wanting to learn more.
Excellent analysis of post-WWI Canadian experience
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Vance's examination of post-WWI Canadian experience, and the role of religious and spiritual beliefs in endorsing the trauma of the Great War, is first class. An interesting book to contrast with that other classic, Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory, but Vance is a better examination of the Great War from a Canadian perspective. Highly recommended for military historians and enthusiasts looking for a fresh perspective on the impact of the Great War on society.
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