The Art of Survival: France and the Great War Picaresque.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New / As New. Item #376231
ISBN: 030021751X
279 pages. Original boards, gilt lettered, with dustwrapper. The First World War soldier has often been depicted as a helpless victim sacrificed by a ruthless society in the trenches of the Western Front. In fact, Libby Murphy reveals, French soldiers drew upon a long-standing European tradition to imagine themselves not as heroes or victims but as survivors. Murphy investigates how infantrymen and civilians attempted to make sense of the war while it was still in progress by reviving the picaresque, a literary mode in which unheroic protagonists are forced to fend for themselves in a chaotic and hostile world. Size: 15.5 x 23.5 cms. Category: Varied Books; New Arrivals; ISBN: 030021751X. ISBN/EAN: 9780300217513. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.
Keywords: BZDB395 Varied Books; New Arrivals; Unbranded ISBN: 030021751X EAN: 9780300217513 Libby Murphy The Art of Survival: France and the Great War Picaresque.
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