“The last period when the performing arts were at the core of the music industry”: John Mullen’s La Chanson populaire en Grande-Bretagne pendant la Grande Guerre 1914-1918

Abstract

As its title indicates, John Mullen’s book addresses popular song in Great Britain during the First World War (1914-1918). But what the title doesn’t tell is that it was, in terms of research output, the keystone of the HDR thesis (“Habilitation a Diriger les Recherches”) Mullen submitted in November 2012 at Paris-Est Creteil University – where he has been lecturing British Civilization for years. As such, La Chanson populaire en Grande-Bretagne pendant la Grande Guerre 1914-1918 does comply ...