Modernism In Rebecca West's The Return Of The Soldier

Cicely Isabel Fairfield, or better known by her pen name Rebecca West, published the novel The Return of the Soldier in 1918. The novel is identified as modernism literature mainly because its plot revolves around War World I. Jenny, the satellite narrator, describes the events surrounding Chris’s return from the war, with shell shock, with the help of her glorified sister-in-law Kitty who also has demons to battle. While Chris suffers from amnesia dating back 15 years, Kitty desperately searches for a cure which distracts her from her own suffering from the loss of her baby Oliver. The most intriguing aspect of the novel is the way West structures the story so the audience sympathizes with Chris, who enjoys his time, while ill detached from