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War and Literature

By Laura Ashe

War and Literature

By Laura Ashe

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War was the first subject of literature; at times, war has been its only subject. In this volume, the contributors reflect on the uneasy yet symbiotic relations of war and writing, from medieval to modern literature. War writing emerges in multiple forms, celebratory and critical, awed and disgusted; the rhetoric of inexpressibility fights its own battle with the urgent necessity of representation, record and recognition. This is shown to be true even to the present day: whether mimetic or metaphorical, literature that concerns itself overtly or covertly with the real pressures of war continues to speak to issues of pressing significance. Particular topics addressed include writings of and about the Crusades and battles during the Hundred Years War; Shakespeare's "Casus Belly"; Auden's "Journal of an Airman"; and War and Peace
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
268
Release Date:
2014-07-17
Publication Date:
2014-07-17
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843843811
ISBN13:
9781843843818
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
472 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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