1989, ISBN: 9780813116808

University Press of Kentucky. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0813116805 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on sp… More...

University Press of Kentucky. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0813116805 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 172 pages clean and tight. The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes -- death and degradation -- that mark the literature about the war. From their accounts most men entered the war lightheartedly, filled with ideals of patriotism and glory, but these generous feelings were soon quelled as the war settled into a stalemate, its operations reduced to simply grinding away the opposing forces. In these operations, Alfredo Bonadeo shows, men became mere aggregations thrown against one another, wasted with no appreciable effects or gains, save carnage itself. This cheapening and disregard for human life and being Bonadeo finds rooted not only in the conditions of war but, significantly, in a contempt for the common man prevailing in European political and intellectual circles. This attitude is revealed most plainly in his analysis of the Italian literature, which hitherto has received little note. Italian leaders saw the war as an opportunity to expiate a sense of national guilt, and here the inconclusive campaigns made their futility all the greater. Out of the torn fields of the First World War grew the seeds of a second, greater conflict, but, Professor Bonadeo concludes, the flowering of the seeds was aided by the degradation of man's spirit on those fields. The grim focus of this book, the dead voices it evokes, leads to a new appreciation of the meaning of the Great War. ., University Press of Kentucky, 1989, 3<

1989, ISBN: 9780813116808

The University Press of Kentucky, Gebundene Ausgabe, 182 Seiten, Publiziert: 1989-01-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 6852140, 0.84 kg, Vergleichende Literaturwissenscha… More...

The University Press of Kentucky, Gebundene Ausgabe, 182 Seiten, Publiziert: 1989-01-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 6852140, 0.84 kg, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Kritik & Theorie, Historische Ereignisse, Gattungen & Stilrichtungen, Europäische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, The University Press of Kentucky, 1989<

1989, ISBN: 0813116805

[EAN: 9780813116808], Gebraucht, wie neu, [SC: 32.42], [PU: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington], LITERARY CRITICISM ITALIAN LITERATURE HISTORY GREAT WAR 1914-1918, Jacket, Dust Jacke… More...

[EAN: 9780813116808], Gebraucht, wie neu, [SC: 32.42], [PU: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington], LITERARY CRITICISM ITALIAN LITERATURE HISTORY GREAT WAR 1914-1918, Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: As New. viii, 172 pp, preface, 1. The Animal Within, 2. A Bath of Black Blood, 3. A Loss Beyond Life, conclusion, notes, index. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth. Size: 8vo, Books<