
Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (Paperback)
Jonathan F. Vance (author)
£31.00
Paperback
336 Pages
Published: 15/01/1999
Published: 15/01/1999
Email me when available
Stay one step ahead and let us notify you when this item is next available to order
Email me when available
Enter your email below and we will notify you when this item is next available to order.

Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (Paperback)
£31.00
Thank you
We will contact you when this item is next available to order.
This book examines Canada's collective memory of the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s. It is a cultural history, considering art, music, and literature. Thematically organized into such subjects as the symbolism of the soldier, the implications of war memory for Canadian nationalism, and the idea of a just war, the book draws on military records, memoirs, war memorials, newspaper reports, fiction, popular songs, and films. It takes an unorthodox view of the Canadian war experience as a cultural and philosophical force rather than as a political and military event.
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
ISBN: 9780774806008
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 460 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Jonathan Vance ... is to be congratulated on his fine achievement in spelling out how Canadians met this collective need to commemorate their war-time participation, suffering and death ... His success in pulling together the previous Canadian writings and sources, including his splendid use of illustrations ... is altogether admirable, excellently researched, finely published. -- John S. Conway * The Vancouver Sun *
One attractive feature of this book is the illustrations, more than 80 of them, accompanied by excellent captions. -- Paul Fussell * The Globe and Mail *
One attractive feature of this book is the illustrations, more than 80 of them, accompanied by excellent captions. -- Paul Fussell * The Globe and Mail *
You may also be interested in...
Please sign in to write a review
Sign In / Register
Not registered? CREATE AN ACCOUNTCREATE A plus ACCOUNT
Sign In
Download the Waterstones App
Would you like to proceed to the App store to download the Waterstones App?
Click & Collect
Reserve online, pay on collection
Thank you for your reservation
Your order is now being processed and we have sent a confirmation email to you at
When will my order be ready to collect?
Following the initial email, you will be contacted by the shop to confirm that your item is available for collection.
Call us on or send us an email at
Unfortunately there has been a problem with your order
Please try again or alternatively you can contact your chosen shop on or send us an email at