John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War : with an illustrated selection of his writings / Jeffrey S. Reznick.

  • Reznick, Jeffrey S. (Jeffrey Stephen)
Date:
2009
  • Books

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"John Galsworthy (1867-1933) - recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for literature - was one of the best-selling authors of the twentieth century. While his name has become synonymous with The Forsyte Saga, his reputation in this context belies another he achieved during the Great War, which was his humanitarian support for and his compositions about soldiers disabled in the conflict, and more specifically what he described as the 'the sacred work' of rehabilitating these 'stricken heroes of the war' who, 'in every township and village of our countries ... will dwell for the next half-century'." --Book Jacket.

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Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Physical description

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

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Contents

Part I, Select non-fiction by John Galsworthy. Forward to the Queen's gift book in aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for soldiers and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war ; Totally disabled ; For the maimed : now! ; Re-made or marred : a great national duty ; The need for reality ; Kitchener Houses : occupation and convalescence ; The sacred work; The gist of the matter ; Looking ahead ; Spirit and letter -- Part II, Select fiction by John Galsworthy. The recruit ; Heritage : an impression ; Addresses some soldiers on their future ; Flotsam and Jetsam : a reminiscence ; 'Cafard' ; Poirot and Bidan : a recollection.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    LG.AX.AA9
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  • 9780719077920
  • 0719077923