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Bookmark or Share- Paul Fussell - WikipediaPaul Fussell Jr. (22 March 1924 – 23 May 2012) was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. [1] . His writings cover a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America's class system. [1] .
- Paul Fussell: Remembering the author of The Great War and Modern MemoryFussell had written a guide to poetic form and an equally fine critical life of Samuel Johnson when, in 1975, he broke out as an intellectual celebrity with The Great War and Modern Memory, which...
- On the Touchy Subject of Class in America - The New York TimesFussell was an enemy of jargon and woolly-headedness of every variety. To read him is to receive a master class in slashing rhetoric. Always serious, he was rarely solemn. His guff detector was...
- Paul Fussell dies at 88; social historian and critic - Los Angeles TimesMay 27, 2012 5:21 PM PT. For social historian and critic Paul Fussell, the most enduring moments of truth came as a 20-year-old platoon leader in France during World War II. German shrapnel...
- Class Dismissed - The AtlanticBack in 1983, Fussell—author of the renowned book The Great War and Modern Memory —argued that although Americans loathe discussing social class, this relatively new, rugged country of ours did...
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