Introduction: 'Touch is the spirit and rule of all' Part I. Mud: 1. 'A real monster that sucked': the threat of mud in First World War literature 2. Muddy narratives Part II. Intimacies: 3. 'Kiss me, Hardy': the dying kiss in the First World War trenches 4. Wilfred Owen and the sense of touch Part III. Wounds: 5. 'Deep into his body': service, sympathy and suffering in the nurses' memoirs 6. The operating theatre Conclusion Bibliography.
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