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Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature:
by
Santanu Das
War writing is haunted by experiences of physical contact: from the muddy realities of the front to the emotional intensity of trench life. Through extensive archival and historical research, analyzing previously unknown letters and diaries alongside literary writings by figures such as Owen and Brittain, Santanu Das recovers the sensuous world of the First World War trenc...more
Hardcover, 269 pages
Published
April 6th 2006
by Cambridge University Press
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This will become a regular reference book I'm sure. It introduced me to several authors and works of literature I was not familiar with. The language was clear and the voice was engaging. It was informative without being overly academic in tone. The majority of literature represented is that written from soldiers. The last chapters, however, are devoted to the nurses' writing about their experiences. Das raised several questions (directly and indirectly) which have and will inform my own researc...more
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