Last Post
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"Last Post" is a 1928 modernist novel by Ford Madox Ford that continues the story begun in his earlier work "Parade's End," exploring the psychological and social aftermath of World War I among the English upper class.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Ford Madox Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | regarded as part of one of the major English modernist sequences ⓘ |
| explores |
clash between tradition and modernity
ⓘ
impact of war on personal identity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Christopher Tietjens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marie Léonie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Tietjens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Tietjens NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentine Wannop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| follows | A Man Could Stand Up – NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
ⓘ
war novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
English upper class
ⓘ
World War I veterans ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ social conventions ⓘ |
| isSequelTo |
A Man Could Stand Up –
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No More Parades NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Do Not … NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
disintegration of the British aristocracy
ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ psychological aftermath of World War I ⓘ social change in the English upper class ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Last Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Parade's End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequel | A Man Could Stand Up – NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ernest Benn Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Parade's End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | fourth novel in Parade's End tetralogy ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| setting | English countryside ⓘ |
| structure | multiple interior monologues ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | short period after World War I ⓘ |
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