The Great War and Prehistoric Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ross J Wilson (0000-0001-6916-9419, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-120 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2018.1487739 |
| OpenAlex | W2808418408 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article examines the use of metaphors, allusions and similes to the prehistoric, primeval and the antediluvian during the First World War. Using key term searches across anglophone newspapers, speeches, diaries, letters and memoirs, the way in which observers and participants in the conflict mobilized references to the ancient eras and extinct animals will be assessed. These allusions were made to demonstrate the significance of the events that individuals witnessed. The war was represented through these associations to emphasize that it was unlike any other episode of human history. The use of this ‘prehistoric memory’ demonstrates the importance of moving beyond the established pattern of assessments that attempt to define aspects of tradition or evidence of the modern age in the cultural representations of the conflict. These primeval references reveal how individuals and communities acted to comprehend the scale of the conflict alongside the events that constituted grand history of the Earth
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cultural memory · Genealogy · Literature · Media studies · Memoir · Newspaper · Prehistory · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Anthropology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
Time's arrow, time's cycle
The Unquiet Western Front
Reconstructing the Body
Violence against Prisoners of War in the First World War
Metaphors We Live By
Dynamic of Destruction
Rites of Spring
Tommifying’ the Western Front, 1914–1918
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
Phrasing history
The Great War, Memory and Ritual
The Language of the Past
Scenes from Deep Time
A very French debate
Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |