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An analysis of the different genres of writing that came out of the war, in particular, the relationship between writings ‘from above’, by military and political leaders, and writings ‘from below’, by frontline soldiers. It deals briefly with the relationship between autobiographical texts and other forms of public memory about the war. It looks at the range of attitudes towards the war seen in the most successful writings, especially the contrast between positive and critical accounts of the experience of combat.
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Palmer, J. (2018). The Great War Genres. In: Memories from the Frontline. Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78051-1_2
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