Good-bye to all that

Good-bye to all that

by Graves, Robert

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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, the book bids farewell not only to England and his 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 21 as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, thi…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Good-bye to all that / Robert Graves ; introduction by Paul Fussell.

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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, the book bids farewell not only to England and his 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 21 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. Paul Fussell has hailed it as "the best memoir of the First World War" and has written the introduction to this new edition.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1998.
  • Edition:Vintage International edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Vintage Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1998.

Notes

New edition, revised, with a prologue and an epilogue.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 347 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780385093309, 0385093306
  • oclc:on1144650662
  • Dewey Decimal:823.912

Subjects

Authors, English Authors, English -- 20th century Écrivains anglais -- 20e siècle Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales … Graves, Robert Great Britain Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 2… Personal narratives -- British Social conditions World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narrat…

Writers

Graves, Robert

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