Paul Fussell Ordre des livres
22 mars 1924 – 23 mai 2012
Paul Fussell était un historien culturel et littéraire américain, dont l'œuvre couvrait divers sujets, des explorations savantes de la littérature anglaise du XVIIIe siècle aux commentaires incisifs sur le système de classes américain. Il est surtout connu pour ses écrits sur la Première et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, profondément éclairés par ses propres expériences d'officier d'infanterie en Europe. La prose de Fussell se caractérise par son intellect vif, employant souvent l'ironie et un regard aiguisé sur les absurdités du comportement humain et des structures sociales. Son héritage littéraire réside dans sa capacité unique à éclairer la condition humaine par des examens critiques de la culture et de l'histoire.
- 1995
- 1989
Wartime
- 342pages
- 12 heures de lecture
* Shuns the heroics portrayed by Hollywood* Fussell concentrates on the human factor in World War II* Examines the everyday life British and American people experienced on the home and battle fronts
- 1988
All'estero
Viaggiatori inglesi fra le due guerre
- 1984
The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing.Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives.
- 1980
A eulogy for the lost art of traveling and an evaluation of the British writers who authored travel books
- 1977
In this classic work Paul Fussell illuminates the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing primarily on the literary means by which the Great War has been remembered, conventionalized, and mythologized. Drawing on the work of important wartime poets such as David Jones and Wilfred Owen, on the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden, and on numerous other personal records housed in the Imperial War Museum, this award-winning volume provides an intimate and intensely poetic account of an event that revolutionized the way we see the world.
