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The cambridge companion to the literature of the first world war cambridge companions to literature kindle edition by vincent sherry editor. The great war of 19141918 marks a turning point in modern history and culture. Cummings, archibald macleish, alan seeger were too few to constitute a group p. The cambridge companion to the literature of the first world war. He is the author of touch and intimacy in first world war literature cambridge university press, 2005 and the editor of race, empire and first world war writing cambridge university press, 2011. The great war of 191418 marks a turning point in modern history and culture. The cambridge companion to the poetry of the first world war the poetry of the first world war remains a singularly popular and powerful body of work. A farewell to arms is a novel by ernest hemingway set during the italian campaign of world war i. The british novel and the war chapter 2 the cambridge. This companion brings together leading scholars in the fi eld to reexamine first world war poetry in english at the start of the centennial commemoration of the war.