Wartime
- 342 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
* Shuns the heroics portrayed by Hollywood* Fussell concentrates on the human factor in World War II* Examines the everyday life British and American people experienced on the home and battle fronts
Paul Fussell Knihy
22. marec 1924 – 23. máj 2012
Paul Fussell bol americký kultúrny a literárny historik, ktorého dielo pokrývalo rôznorodé témy, od odborných prác o anglickej literatúre osemnásteho storočia po komentáre k americkému triednemu systému. Najväčšiu slávu mu priniesli jeho spisy o prvej a druhej svetovej vojne, ktoré vychádzajú z jeho vlastnej skúsenosti z európskeho bojiska. Fussellov štýl sa vyznačoval prenikavou analýzou a bystrosťou, často s dôrazom na iróniu a podkopávanie konvenčných predstáv. Jeho literárne dedičstvo spočíva v schopnosti osvetliť ľudskú skúsenosť prostredníctvom kritického skúmania kultúry a histórie.
In this classic work Paul Fussell illuminates the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing primarily on the literary means by which the Great War has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized. Drawing on the work of important wartime poets such as David Jones and Wilfred Owen, on the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden, and on numerous other personal records housed in the Imperial War Museum, this award-winning volume provides an intimate and intensely poetic account of an event that revolutionized the way we see the world.
The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing.Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives.
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