Paul Fussell

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Paul Fussell

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born
in Pasadena, CA, The United States
March 22, 1922

died
May 23, 2012

gender
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Paul Fussell was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings covered a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America’s class system. He was an U.S. Army Infantry officer in the European theater during World War II (45th Infantry Division) and was awarded both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is best known for his writings about World War I and II.

He began his teaching career at Connecticut College (1951–55) before moving to Rutgers University in 1955 and finally the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He also taught at the University of Heidelberg (1957–58) and King’s College London (1990–92). As a teacher, he traveled widely w...more


Average rating: 4.24 · 9,943 ratings · 939 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors
The Great War and Modern Me...
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Uniforms: Why We Are What W...
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
More books by Paul Fussell…
“i find nothing more depressing than optimism.”
Paul Fussell

“Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.”
Paul Fussell, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

“Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.”
Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory

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