Modern memories of the Great War: Timothy Findley’s The Wars (1977)

La puissance de The Wars résulte d’une combinaison très particulière du conte et de l’effet poétique. Les sources du roman de Timothy Findley sont les témoignages de la Grande Guerre tels qu’ils ont été découverts et travaillés par les historiens et les critiques culturels dans les années 1970. La p...

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Published in:	Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
Main Author:	Helen Goethals
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Presses Universitaires du Midi 2015-05-01
Subjects:	First World War Timothy Findley The Wars auditory imagination Great War historiography
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/979

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