[Post traumatic stress during World War I and literature].

Abstract

World War I was the archetype of an industrial conflict and its consequences have been million dead, some heavily disabling physical traumatisms beside serious neurological/psychological suffering. Some of the sequels had been noticed during previous wars such as Crimea War, Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, and were labeled as shellshock. In literature (Céline, Virginia Woolf, William, March, Gughenno and so on) some situations or characters evoked disorders, which have been described later as post-traumatic syndrome.