{"product_id":"9781472529893","title":"First World War Plays Night Watches, Mine Eyes Have Seen, Tunnel Trench, Post Mortem, Oh What A Lovely War, The Accrington Pals, Sea and Land and Sky","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFirst World War Plays\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNight Watches, Mine Eyes Have Seen, Tunnel Trench, Post Mortem, Oh What A Lovely War, The Accrington Pals, Sea and Land and Sky\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMark Rawlinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts \/ World War I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First World War (1914–1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literary legacy is vast: poetry, fiction and memoirs abound. But the drama of the period is rarely recognised, with only a handful of plays commonly associated with the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst World War Plays\u003c\/i\u003e draws together canonical and lesser-known plays from the First World War to the end of the twentieth century, tracing the ways in which dramatists have engaged with and resisted World War I in their works. Spanning almost a century of conflict, this anthology explores the changing cultural attitudes to warfare, including the significance of the war over time, interwar pacifism, and historical revisionism. The collection includes writing by combatants, as well as playwrights addressing historical events and national memory, by both men and women, and by writers from Great Britain and the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlays from the period, like \u003ci\u003eNight Watches\u003c\/i\u003e by Allan Monkhouse (1916), \u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen\u003c\/i\u003e by Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1918) and \u003ci\u003eTunnel Trench\u003c\/i\u003e by Hubert Griffith (1924), are joined with reflections on the war in \u003ci\u003ePost Mortem\u003c\/i\u003e by Noël Coward (1930, performed 1944) and \u003ci\u003eOh What A Lovely War\u003c\/i\u003e by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop (1963) as well as later works \u003ci\u003eThe Accrington Pals\u003c\/i\u003e by Peter Whelan (1982) and \u003ci\u003eSea and Land and Sky \u003c\/i\u003eby Abigail Docherty (2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanied by a general introduction by editor, Dr Mark Rawlinson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMark Rawlinson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Leicester, UK. His research has a particular focus on the literature of war. \u003ci\u003eBritish Writing of the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) was a study of the literary culture of wartime Britain (1939-1945). He has written a book-length study of Pat Barker's fiction, focusing on her representation of the Great War, and was co-editor, with Adam Piette, of\u003ci\u003e The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth Century British  and American War Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 August 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472529893\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e472\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331481075852,"sku":"9781472529893","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_06f37345-26c4-47f1-a8e3-fd14ed4d5646.jpg?v=1783596874","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472529893","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}