Baptism of Fire: The Birth of the Modern British Fantastic in World War I

by Janet Brennan Croft

World War I has been called "the poets' war," as it was characterized by a massive outpouring of works of literature during and after the war. Much of this literary harvest, as Paul Fussell brilliantly demonstrated in The Great War and Modern Memory, hinged on an ironic response to the deadly absurdities of World War I. Yet, Fussell also acknowledges that fantasy could be a legitimate literary response to the war, a way of transforming the horrible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887726039
• ISBN13: 9781887726030
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Mythopoeic Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"