Boys in Khaki, Girls in Print - Women''s Literary Responses to the Great War 1914-1918

Zusatztext Review from previous edition Potter's book is a thoughtful study that expands our view of the period Klappentext Jane Potter rediscovers the neglected literature of the First World War. Focusing on romance novels and active service memoirs in an accessible and well illustrated study, she shows the ways in which popular literature played its role in both the entertainment and the reassurance of the nation. Zusammenfassung Jane Potter rediscovers the neglected literature of the First World War. Focusing on romance novels and active service memoirs in an accessible and well illustrated study, she shows the ways in which popular literature played its role in both the entertainment and the reassurance of the nation.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Potter, Jane (Senior Lecturer in Publishing Potter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2008
• EAN: 9780199543212
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954321-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford English Monographs; Oxford English Monographs
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies