The second battlefield

The second battlefieldExplores written representations of First World War experience, produced by a variety of different women. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, in the form of diaries and letters, the book examines the way in which the variety of new roles undertaken by women triggered a search, conscious or otherwise, for appropriate new forms of expression. Through the twin approaches of literary criticism and historical exploration, the book contributes an

politics and social conventions while acknowledging a range of contexts

It pairs 50 synopses of carefully chosen film scenes with evocative full-colour film stills

as One for the Girls has a great deal to offer both the specialist academic and the general reader

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institutional innovation as well as of the gap between the developed and developing countries at the turn of the millennium

It draws on five key case studies

Explores the significance of the slavery business and emancipation in the formation of modern imperial Britain

the authors discuss the social

From the unfailingly cheery slogans – 'Greetings from Los Alamos' – to blithe

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growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that

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