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Good-Bye to All That
An Autobiography
Series: Vintage International
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This classic memoir appeals to readers interested in historical and wartime autobiographies, those seeking insight into the social and cultural upheavals caused by the First World War, and fans of literary autobiographies by renowned poets and writers.
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In this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life.
Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War. From life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification, Graves presents a vivid account.
Paul Fussell has hailed it as the best memoir of the First World War and has written the introduction to this new edition that marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of the war. An enormous success when it was first issued, it continues to find new readers in the thousands each year and has earned its designation as a true classic.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780385093309
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 1958
Country: United States
Imprint: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
Contributors:
- Preface by Paul Fussell
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 201.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Robert Graves (1895-1985) was a poet, novelist, and critic. His first volume of poems,Over the Brazier(1916), reflects his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He is best known for his novel,I, Claudius(1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial prizes, and for his influentialThe White Goddess(1948). Paul Fussellis the author of 15 books, includingWartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World WarandThe Great War and Modern Memory, which won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named by the Modern Library as one of the twentieth century's 100 best nonfiction books. He taught literature for many years at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife.
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