Reading memoirs, diaries, letters of Italian Red Cross nurses it is possible to outline sequences of consent and dissent towards the war. Like artists and writers, all these women begin their war experience as volunteers. Their writings, in recent years rediscovered and analyzed by historian such as Stefania Bartoloni, show that entering in touch with the real war their initial feelings and ideals often change, going sometime towards dissent and condemnation.
The Great War: illusion and disillusion in the writings of Italian Red Cross nurses / Guidi, Laura. - (2014). (Intervento presentato al convegno Commemorating 1914: Exploring the War’s Legacy tenutosi a Croatian State Archives - Zagreb nel 5-6/5/2014).
The Great War: illusion and disillusion in the writings of Italian Red Cross nurses
GUIDI, LAURA
2014
Abstract
Reading memoirs, diaries, letters of Italian Red Cross nurses it is possible to outline sequences of consent and dissent towards the war. Like artists and writers, all these women begin their war experience as volunteers. Their writings, in recent years rediscovered and analyzed by historian such as Stefania Bartoloni, show that entering in touch with the real war their initial feelings and ideals often change, going sometime towards dissent and condemnation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.