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Stewart, Victoria - The Last War: The Legacy of the First World War in 1940s British Fiction

Keywords:

British writing | civilian life | ex-servicemen | First World War | military campaign | non-combatants

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Britain | Literature | Legacy | Experience of combat | Western Front | Soldiers and Combat

Abstract:

Whilst the period between 1929 and 1933 is often seen as the high-water mark for the appearance of depictions of the First World War in British writing, the outbreak of a new war did not completely obfuscate the earlier con…