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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instanceOf novel
author Ford Madox Ford
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
Marie Léonie
Mark Tietjens
Sylvia Tietjens
Valentine Wannop
firstEditionFormat print
follows A Man Could Stand Up –
genre psychological fiction
war novel
hasSubject English upper class
World War I veterans
marriage and infidelity
social conventions
isSequelTo A Man Could Stand Up –
No More Parades
Some Do Not …
linked to: Some Do Not...
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
partOfSeries Parade's End
linked to: Parade’s End
prequel A Man Could Stand Up –
publicationYear 1928
publisher Ernest Benn Limited
relatedWork Parade's End
linked to: Parade’s End
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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