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The American cultural historian, literary and social critic and college professor Paul Fussell (1924-2012) is primarily noted for his famous work The Great War and Modern Memory, but he also wrote and edited 21 books on a wide variety of topics, ranging from 18th century British literature to works on World War II and sardonic critiques of American society and culture. This book offers a thorough introduction to his writings and thought, and argues for Fussell's importance and relevancy. Covering Fussell's traumatic experience in World War II and the important influence it had on his life and outlook, this intellectual biography puts in context Fussell's perspectives on ethics, the human experience, war, and literature as an evaluative and critical endeavor.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. "The Extirpation of Boy Fussell"
2. "In the Eighteenth Century I Found It"
3. Oh! What a Lovely Book!
4. "It Is Simply Part of One's Life"
5. An Essayist at Heart
6. Sheer, Vulgar Experience and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
7. "A Touchy Subject": Class in America
8. "The Real War Will Never Get in the Books"
9. The BADness of American Culture
10. The War Continues: An Anthology, Introduction and Lectures
11. Defending "Not a Very Nice Fellow"
12. The Autobiography of a Natural Warrior
13. A Book about Appearances and Belonging
14. A Final Look at the "Good War"
15. The Power of Facing Unpleasant Truths
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
