The Men with Broken Faces «Gueules Cassées» of the First World War |
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Author:
| Gehrhardt, Marjorie |
Series title: | Cultural History and Literary Imagination Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-0343-1869-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $86.65 |
Book Description:
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This book explores for the first time the individual and collective significance of First World War facially disfigured combatants, with a special focus on France, Germany and Great Britain. It illuminates our understanding of how the combatant and the onlooker made sense of the experience and the memory of the war.
This book explores for the first time the individual and collective significance of First World War facially disfigured combatants, with a special focus on France, Germany and Great Britain. It illuminates our understanding of how the combatant and the onlooker made sense of the experience and the memory of the war.