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Van Dijck, Cedric
PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 05/2019, Letnik: 134, Številka: 3Journal Article
Van Dijck offers information on Curiousities from the Front by avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. It reinvents the everyday objects that cluttered World War I's front lines: a shovel held up above the trench, for instance, becomes a dancing musical instrumenl as German bullets strike the shovel plate. This sense of humor was characteristic of the trench press, which existed to distract readers from the grim realities of warfare. Probably because it was thought to be so amusing or pertinent, Apollinaire's piece attracted some notice in its day.
