Presents five specific issues and themes that recur in WWI literature: war at the front; women and the home front; war poetry; strategic technology of modern war: propaganda and civilian bombing; and aftermath.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
World War I Chronology.
1: War at the Front: An Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (1929), Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), and Robert Graves's Good-bye to All That (1929).
2: From the Jevtic Account of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 28 June 1914.
3: From the "Blank Check" Communique, 6 July 1914.
4: From the Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia, 23 July 1914.
5: From the Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War on Serbia, 28 July 1914.
6: From the German Declaration of War on Russia, 1 August 1914.
7: From the German Request for Free Passage through Belgium, 2 August 1914.
8: From the Belgian Refusal of Free Passage, 3 August 1914.
9: From King Albert I's Speech to the Belgian Parliament, 4 August 1914.
10: From Clemenceau's Call to Arms, 5 August 1914.
11: From President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality, 19 August 1914.
12: From the Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace, 4 September 1914.
13: From Marshal Joffre's Report on the Marne, August-September 1914.
14: From Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne, 18 September 1914.
15: From the Diary of Thomas Reginald Part, an Australian Soldier Who Fought in World War I, 15 December 1915.
16: From the German Deserter's War Experience [Anonymous], Translated by J. Koettgen, 1917.
17: From A Volunteer Poilu, Henry Sheehan, 1916.
18: From Diary, Marine Flyer in France Captain Alfred A. Cunningham, November 1917 to January 1918.
19: Topics for Written and Oral Discussion.
Notes.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
20: Women and the Home Front: An Analysis of Edith Wharton's A Son at the Front (1922).
21: From the Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph, Charlotte Kellogg.
