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Laughter in the Trenches : Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives
ISBN: 9781443839495
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Literature;

aughter in the Trenches: Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives explores the appearances and functions of humour and laughter in selected novels and short stories based on autobiographical experiences written by authors during the war and in the Weimar Era (1919-1933). The book focuses on popular and lesser-known works of German literature that played an important role in the socio-political life of the Weimar Republic: Storm of Steel by Ernst Jnger (1920), Advance...