Reporting the First World War in the Liminal Zone

Analyses the literary qualities and characteristics of First World War reportageExamines British and American authors, comparing their texts to the traditional rhetoric of First World War writing
Provides a unique account of how the liminal experience of the Great War was expressed through literary journalism

Analyses the literary qualities and characteristics of First World War reportage Examines British and American authors, comparing their texts to the traditional rhetoric of First World War writing Provides a unique account of how the liminal experience of the Great War was expressed through literary journalism

Autorentext
Sara Prieto teaches British and American literature at the University of Alicante, Spain. She has co-edited Literary Journalism and World War I: Marginal Voices (2016) and has also published in Edith Wharton Review and First World War Studies .

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Reporting the First World War in the Liminal Zone.- Chapter 2. Pioneers: Entering the War Zone.- Chapter 3. The Liminal Tunnel: Authorial Voices in the War Zone.- Chapter 4. The Turning Point? Journalists at the Somme.- Chapter 5. The American Rite of Passage.- Chapter 6. Incorporation: Post-war and Disenchantment.- Index.