Merchants of Hope

British Middlebrow Writers and the First World War, 1919 1939

By: Rosa Bracco

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Hardcover | 1 September 2010 | Edition Number 1

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This study examines fictional recreations of the First World War in the interwar years and the phenomenal success of one play, Sheriff's Journey's End. The author challenges the notion of a 'modern' memory generated by the First World War by arguing that middlebrow texts formulated a set of images and ideas that eclipsed the wartime upheaval and imputed conservative 'meanings' to the collective memory.

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"She shows an extensive knowledge of novels in her field and discusses intelligently attempts by writers of limited talent to extract some meaning from experiences of previously unequalled horror." --Review of English Studies

"Rosa Bracco's book is an investigation into what a reading of minor British writers of fiction dealing with the First World War can tell us about the English memory of the Great War. [...] Bracco's book is based on thorough research and offers interesting insights." --AUMLA

"Rosa Maria Bracco has performed a valuable service for those engaged with the literary history of the 1920s and 1930s. (...) She...has porduced an informative and highly readable survey." --The Year's Work in English Studies

"(a) fascinating study...the chapter on R.C.Sheriff's Journey End...is a penetrating and insightful analysis of the ambiguities inherent in this influential play." --Canadian Military History

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Irony, Modernism and Tradition: Modes of Interpretation	p. 1
The Middlebrow Novel	p. 10
The Accountability of Imagination	p. 22
The Invisible Hand of The Cause	p. 64
'Standards are Different Here': War Recasts Identity	p. 88
The Quest for Continuity	p. 124
The Theatre of War: Journey's End	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 196
Summary	p. 196
The Centre Can Hold	p. 199
Index	p. 207
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