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An edition of Three soldiers (1921)

Three soldiers

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John Dos Passos had just returned from studying architecture in Spain when America entered World War I and - driven by the idealism that infected many young Americans (including Hemingway and e.e. cummings) - he joined up as a driver for the Ambulance Corps. His rapid and profound disillusionment forms the core of Three Soldiers, a fierce denunciation of the military and of the far-reaching social implications of its exploitation of young men.

The novel focuses on three main characters: Andrews, a young composer who finally revolts against the war's deadening regimentation; Chrisfield, an Indiana farm boy who chants the words "make the world safe for democracy" to himself in a futile attempt to block out the noises and terrors of battle; and Fuselli, a clerk who clings to the dream of becoming a corporal despite the mockery of his fellow soldiers.

Required to renounce their individuality and to conform with unquestioning obedience, each one, in different ways, is ineradicably scarred by the dehumanizing effects of war.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
371

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Cover of: Three soldiers
Three soldiers
2002, Modern Library
in English - 2002 Modern Library pbk. ed.
Cover of: Three soldiers
Three soldiers
1997, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Three soldiers.
Three soldiers.
1949, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Three soldiers
Three soldiers
1949, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Three soldiers
Three soldiers
1932, The Modern Library
in English
Cover of: Three soldiers.
Three soldiers.
1921, G.H. Doran Co.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi).

Published in
New York
Series
Penguin twentieth-century classics
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3507.O743 T53 1997, PS3507.O743T53 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 371 p. ;
Number of pages
371

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL672849M
Internet Archive
threesoldiers00dosp_0
ISBN 10
0141180277
LCCN
97018911
OCLC/WorldCat
38067483
Library Thing
117520
Goodreads
1096587

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