Title
The Veteran: Parades, Bitter Homecomings, and Fictions of the Doughboy's Return
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Examines the cultural meaning of post-war military parades and homecomings and their representation in literary novels and movies after World War I. Considers and contrasts the traumatic homecomings of Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Harold Krebs in "Soldier's Home," as well as early works by Faulkner and Claude McKay.
Published in
A History of American Literature and Culture of the First World War
Date
2021
Pages
356-367
COinS
Citation
Trout, Steven. "The Veteran: Parades, Bitter Homecomings, and Fictions of the Doughboy's Return." In A History of American Literature and Culture of the First World War, edited by Tim Dayton and Mark W. Van Wienen, 356-67. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2021.