The Generation Of 1914
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good.
In the years surrounding the First World War, a cohort of young Europeans came of age with an acute sense that they were living through a moment of historical rupture — and Robert Wohl's landmark study chronicles their collective consciousness with intellectual precision and narrative power. The Generation of 1914 reconstructs the lives, ideas, and disillusionment of the young men across France, Germany, England, Spain, and Italy who shared the experience of the trenches and emerged — or did not — forever changed. Wohl argues that this generation was not merely a demographic accident but a cultural and political phenomenon, shaped by a shared mythology of youth, sacrifice, and modernity. Drawing on an extraordinary range of literary, philosophical, and political sources, Wohl illuminates how the trauma of mass industrial warfare gave birth to entirely new ways of thinking about time, progress, and belonging. His analysis moves across national borders with rare fluency, presenting a comparative portrait that remains unmatched in its scope and sophistication. The result is a work of intellectual history that raises an unsettling question: what becomes of a generation that defines itself entirely through catastrophe?
Author: Robert Wohl
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Harvard University Press
Genre: WW1
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good.
In the years surrounding the First World War, a cohort of young Europeans came of age with an acute sense that they were living through a moment of historical rupture — and Robert Wohl's landmark study chronicles their collective consciousness with intellectual precision and narrative power. The Generation of 1914 reconstructs the lives, ideas, and disillusionment of the young men across France, Germany, England, Spain, and Italy who shared the experience of the trenches and emerged — or did not — forever changed. Wohl argues that this generation was not merely a demographic accident but a cultural and political phenomenon, shaped by a shared mythology of youth, sacrifice, and modernity. Drawing on an extraordinary range of literary, philosophical, and political sources, Wohl illuminates how the trauma of mass industrial warfare gave birth to entirely new ways of thinking about time, progress, and belonging. His analysis moves across national borders with rare fluency, presenting a comparative portrait that remains unmatched in its scope and sophistication. The result is a work of intellectual history that raises an unsettling question: what becomes of a generation that defines itself entirely through catastrophe?