The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940

by Stefan Goebel

Book Overview

A genuinely comparative study of the cultural impact of the Great War on British and German societies in the first half of the twentieth century. Taking public commemorations as its focus, this book unravels the British and German search for historical continuity and meaning in the shadow of an unprecedented human catastrophe. In both countries, the survivors of the Great War pictured the conflict as the 'Last Crusade' and sought consolation in imagery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123062
• ISBN13: 9780521123068
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"