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Dyer, Geoff.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
War memorials.
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The missing of the S...
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The missing of the Somme / Geoff Dyer.
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Dyer, Geoff.
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011.
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
War memorials.
ISBN:
9780307742971 (paperback) :
0307742970 (paperback)
Description:
xiii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
The anticipation of memory -- 'One thinks for the moment no other monument is needed'-Lutyens -- The surrogate dead -- Ton construction of memory -- What has he seen? -- 'And the poor horses ... '-Constantine -- The weight of the past -- Dead weight -- Charles Sargeant Jagger : memorial at Paddington station -- They are all over the country, these Tommies ... -- Elland Memorial -- The self-contained ideal of remembrance -- Time -- Mourning for all mankind -- The only sound ... -- The Canadian Memorial on Vimy Ridge -- Grief ... -- 'Totenlandschaft' -- The ruins of Ypres Cathedral, summer 1916 -- The Monk by the Sea . Caspar David Friedrich -- An infinity of waste.
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This reflection on World War I is not your standard history; it's about mourning and memory, about how the Great War has been represented. It will appeal to readers interested in looking beyond the facts to the meaning and consequences of war in general.
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