Media, Memory, and the First World War - Volume 48

Why does the Great War seem part of modern memory when its rituals of mourning and remembrance were traditional, romantic, even classical? In this highly original history of memory, David Williams shows how classic Great War literature, including work by

About the author

David Williams is professor of English, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba, and the author of Imagined Nations: Reflections on Media in Canadian Fiction.

Summary

Of interest to historians, classicists, media and digital theorists, literary scholars, museologists, and archivists, Media, Memory, and the First World War is a comparative study that shows how the dominant mode of communication in a popular culture - from oral traditions to digital media - shapes the structure of memory within that culture.

Product details

• Authors: David Williams, David A. Williams
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2011
• EAN: 9780773539075
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3907-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas Series; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; None; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Id; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Id
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries