Un épistolier alsacien dans la Grande Guerre
This article deals with the genre of letters writing during the First World War. It analyses unpublished letters of a German-speaking artillerist from St. Johann/Zabern. He joined French forces and wrote about hundred letters to his “marraine de guerre” M.-L. Puech. These letters underline that the...
| Published in: | Cahiers d’Études Germaniques |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | German |
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Presses Universitaires de Provence
2016-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ceg/688 |
| Summary: | This article deals with the genre of letters writing during the First World War. It analyses unpublished letters of a German-speaking artillerist from St. Johann/Zabern. He joined French forces and wrote about hundred letters to his “marraine de guerre” M.-L. Puech. These letters underline that the “culture of war” and “the culture of peace” are complementary. On one side, First World War is in his mind a defensive war (justum bellum) and violence is justified. On the other side, the author still uses the peace habits, as friendship and relatedness to his parents. His style is simple, unskilled, he treats letter writing as a variation of conversation. His perseverance is due to his patriotism, both to France and Alsace. |
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| ISSN: | 0751-4239 2605-8359 |