Glory for Me

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Glory for Me is a 1945 narrative poem by MacKinlay Kantor that tells the story of three World War II veterans readjusting to civilian life, later adapted into the film The Best Years of Our Lives.

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instanceOf narrative poem
verse novel
adaptationDirector William Wyler NERFINISHED
adaptationReleaseYear 1946
adaptationScreenwriter Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED
adaptationTitle The Best Years of Our Lives NERFINISHED
adaptationType feature film
adaptedInto The Best Years of Our Lives NERFINISHED
author MacKinlay Kantor NERFINISHED
authorFullName Benjamin McKinlay Kantor NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre realist fiction
war literature
language English
literaryForm poetry
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature
mainSubject World War II veterans NERFINISHED
readjustment to civilian life
medium print
notableFor basis for the film The Best Years of Our Lives
numberOfMainCharacters 3
originalFormat book
pages in verse
publicationYear 1945
publisher Coward-McCann NERFINISHED
settingPeriod post–World War II
theme economic hardship after war
family relationships
psychological trauma of war
social reintegration of veterans
timeSetting immediately after World War II

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