Materialschlachten Buchkatalog

In First World War research, studies on popular genres and media involved in foreshadowing and framing the war as an event are comparatively rare. At the same time, the significance of a war's public sphere increases in modernity since political acitivites, media-historical preconditions and art become more and more interrelated. The volume perceives the war as a popular phenomenon and contains interdisciplinary contributions. It draws connections to modes of representation in 19th century popular science and calls attention to the consistency of aesthetic form over time. It includes articles from various disciplines: literary studies, the history of science, press research, media and film studies. Four different parts allow for overall perspectives on discourses and genre as well as for case studies closer to the material.