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GCE English Literature A (2740)

GCE English Literature A (2740). Unit 1: Texts in Context – World War One Literature (LTA1B). ‘The Spirit of the Age’. The context of war writing…. The realities of war. ‘Over by Christmas’. 1914-1918. 25 000 soldiers sent to help the French at The Western Front in 1914.

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GCE English Literature A (2740)

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  1. GCE English Literature A (2740) • Unit 1: Texts in Context – World War One Literature (LTA1B)

  2. ‘The Spirit of the Age’ The context of war writing…

  3. The realities of war... ‘Over by Christmas’ 1914-1918 • 25 000 soldiers sent to help the French at The Western Front in 1914 ‘Now all roads lead to France And heavy is the tread Of the living; but the dead Returning lightly dance…’ ‘The war to end all wars.’

  4. The Battle of The Somme July 1st 1916 57 000 men hit on first day 20 000 died No gain was made

  5. Man's inhumanity to man

  6. ‘Earth waited for them All the time of their growth Fretting for their decay:’

  7. ‘Life contracts and death is expected,’

  8. ‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,’

  9. ‘Gas! Gas! Quick boys, An ecstasy of fumbling…’

  10. ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge…’

  11. Women

  12. Patriotism

  13. ‘If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England…’

  14. Politics

  15. The physical, mental and spiritual consequences.

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