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In a period of high idealism, and 'titanic illimitable death' women ofter found themselves longing to play an active role alongside their male compatriots. In this fascinating work, Sharon Ouditt examines the traumatic nature of women's experiences during the Great War, and the complex ideological structures they constructed in order to legitimate their position in the public world of work and politics. Using a wealth of historical material - ...

Naples was conventionally the southernmost stop of the Grand Tour beyond which, it was assumed, lay violent disorder. This book studies the British travellers who visited Italy's Southern territories. Spanning the late 18th to the mid-20th century, the author considers what these travellers discovered as a series of unfolding impressions disclos

This bibliography lists and annotates hundreds of published books, articles, memoirs, diaries and letters written by women during the First World War.

The essays in this volume analyze renditions of exile over centuries and across disciplines. They range from the 13th to the 20th century and cover English literature, translation studies, cultural history, museum studies, the history of science, French cultural studies, and Italian literature.

They also serve who only stand and wait' The idea of there being a 'women's writing' during the First World War is often dismissed. The war, the story goes, was a masculine domain, and as women did not fight, it is also assumed that they were excluded from a war experience. This bibliography challenges that view by listing and annotating hundreds of published books, articles, memoirs, diaries and letters written by women during the First World...