War and Literature (Essays and Studies)

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Название: War and Literature (Essays and Studies)

Издатель: D. S. Brewer

Автор: Laura Ashe (Editor), Ian Patterson (Editor)

Серия: Essays and Studies

Год: July 1, 2014

Страниц: 266 (по описанию книги)

Формат: pdf (оригинал)

Язык: English

Размер: 3 Mb

ISBN: 978-1843843818

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War and Literature (Essays and Studies)

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. mirknig.com

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 mirknig.com or covertly with the real pressures of war continues to speak to issues of pressing significance, and to provide some clues to the intricateentwinement of war with contemporary life.

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. Ian Patterson is a poet, critic and translator. He teaches English at Queens' College, Cambridge. Contributors: Joanna Bellis, Catherine A.M. Clarke, Mary A. Favret, Rachel Galvin, James Purdon, Mark Rawlinson, Susanna A. Throop, Katie L. Walter, Carol Watts, Tom F. Wright, Andrew Zurcher.