The New Death: American Modernism and World War I

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The New Death The New Death American Modernism and World War I pearl james University of Virginia Press charlottesville and london University of Virginia Press© 2013 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2013 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data James, Pearl. The new death : American modernism and World War I / Pearl James. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3407-5 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3408-2 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3409-9 (e-book) 1. Modernism (Literature)—United States. 2. World War, 1914–1918—Literature and the war. 3. Death in literature. 4. Psychic trauma in literature. 5. American literature— 20th century—History and criticism. I. Title. PS228.M63J36 2013 810.9’112—dc23 2013001156 A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. In loving memory of Ruth Short Easton (1920–2005) and Robert Sidney Easton, Sr. (1921–2010) ...