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Bezig met laden... Dat hebben we gehad (1929)door Robert Graves
  
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 Writing "Good-bye to All That," Graves seized numerous opportunities to render the literal truth of the trenches in theatrical terms. And Graves was by no means alone in this: Just before the attack at Loos, a typical officer is recorded as experiencing "a feeling of unreality, as if I were acting on a stage." Seeking theatrical metaphors for the trench war, some journalists invoked the idea of tragedy. Graves will have none of such pretentiousness: To him, events at the front are more likely to resemble melodrama, comedy, farce or music hall. Or even that once-stylish English dramatic form, the Comedy of Humors, in which stock eccentric characters ("Humors") reveal their crazy obsessions and generally muddle things up. Robert Graves's superbly sardonic account of his childhood, schooling, the great war and his first marriage was written in just four months in 1929, when he was 33. It was his attempt at "a formal good-bye to you and to you and to you and to me and to all that". By then he had separated from his wife and was living with the American poet Laura Riding. The idea of a farewell to the past was hers. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Is opgenomen inBevatHeeft als studiegids voor studentenErelijsten
Biography & Autobiography.
Nonfiction.
HTML: Robert Graves relates his time in the trenches. Robert Graves's writing is versatile and intense. Famous as a war poet, his prose works are on a stage of their own, especially this piece, which is an autobiographical account of Grave's school days and life as a soldier in the trenches in World War 1. Political as well as personal, the piece is important historically, as it offers a rare insight into the lives of ordinary soldiers in the most extraordinary, and often horrific, circumstances. A necessary and absorbing listen, which not without its moments of humour, is enlightening and unsettling and undoubtedly importantly necessary for everybody. (Recommended 14+ age). .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Het boek wordt afgesloten met Graves als oorlogsinvalide die trouwt en 4 kinderen krijgt. Na het verschijnen van het boek is Graves vaak gevraagd om een epiloog over zijn verdere leven te schrijven. Hij vond dat er verder niets noemenswaardigs meer was gebeurd.
Als dit boek niet in de serie Privé-domein was verschenen dan had ik het waarschijnlijk nooit in het geheel gelezen. Bij een eerdere poging om het in het Engels te lezen was ik vrij snel gestrand. Ik vond het boek aardig, maar niet heel bijzonder. Daarbij moet ik zeggen dat een zekere vermoeidheid wat betreft het lezen van oorlogsboeken zeker meespeelt. (