War and the Mind: Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, Modernism, and Psychology

Ashley Chantler; Rob Hawkes

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

War and the Mind

Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, Modernism, and Psychology

Ashley Chantler and Rob Hawkes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748694273

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New critical essays illuminate Ford Madox Ford’s epic First World War modernist masterpiece, Parade’s End

This is the first full-length critical study of Parade’s End to focus on the psychological effects of the war. Originally published in 4 volumes between 1924 and 1928, Parade’s End has been described as ‘the finest novel about the First World War’ (Anthony Burgess), ‘the greatest war novel ever written by an Englishman’ (Samuel Hynes), ‘a central Modernist novel of the 1920s, in which it is exemplary’ (Malcolm Bradbury), and ‘possibly the greatest 20th-century novel in English’ (John N. Gray).

These 10 newly commissioned essays focus on the psychological effects of the war, both upon Ford himself and upon his novel: its characters, its themes and its form. The chapters explore: Ford’s pioneering analysis of war trauma, trauma theory, shell shock, memory and repression, insomnia, empathy, therapy, literary Impressionism and literary style. Writers discussed alongside Ford include Joseph Conrad, Siegfried Sassoon, May Sinclair, and Rebecca West, as well as theorists Deleuze and Guattari, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, William James, and W. H. R. Rivers.

Key Features

A long-overdue examination of Ford’s First World War modernist masterpiece Parade’s End
Focuses on psychology and the effects of war on the minds of those who fought and those at home
Adds to writing about First World War writers, war trauma and trauma theory, as well as modernism and literary Impressionism
Contributes to the burgeoning field of medical humanities by reconsidering Parade’s End in terms of the various mental and psychological disorders represented within the novel

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Ashley Chantler and Rob Hawkes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. ‘Sex ferocity’ and ‘the sadic lusts of certain novelists’: Sexuality, Sadomasochism, and Suppression in Parade’s End Max Saunders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Freud Madox Ford: Impressionism, Psychoanalytic Trauma Theory, and Ford’s Wartime Writing Karolyn Steffens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Empathy, Trauma, and the Space of War in Parade’s End Eve Sorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Fellow Feeling in Ford’s Last Post: Modernist Empathy and the Eighteenth-Century Man Meghan Marie Hammond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. The Self-Analysis of Christopher Tietjens Barbara Farnworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
6. Composing the War and the Mind; Composing Parade’s Alexandra Becquet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
7. The Work of Sleep: Insomnia and Discipline in Ford and Sassoon Sarah Kingston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
8. Representing Shell Shock: A Return to Ford and Rebecca West Charlotte Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
9. ‘I hate soldiering’: Ford, May Sinclair, and War Heroism Leslie de Bont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
10. Peace of Mind in Parade’s End Gene M. Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: June 2, 2015
ISBN: 9780748694273