The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature:

The first reference to literary and cultural representations of war in 20th-century English & US literature and filmCoving the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the War on Terror, this Companion reveals the influence of mod...

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Main Author: Piette, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
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Summary:The first reference to literary and cultural representations of war in 20th-century English & US literature and filmCoving the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the War on Terror, this Companion reveals the influence of modern wars on the imagination.These newly researched and innovative essays connect 'high' literary studies to the engagement of film and theatre with warfare, extensively cover the literary and cultural evaluation of the technologies of war and open the literary field to genre fiction. Divided into 5 sections: 20th-Century Wars and Their LiteraturesBodies, Behaviours, CulturesThe Cultural Impact of the Technologies of Modern WarThe Spaces of Modern WarGenres of War CultureKey FeaturesAll-new original essays commissioned from major critics and cultural historiansReflects the way war studies are currently being taught and researched: in the volume's approach, structure and breadth of coverageFor scholars: core arguments and detailed research topicsFor students: Historically grounded topic- and genre-based essays, useful forstudying the modern period and war modules
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (600 pages) 17 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9780748653911
DOI:10.1515/9780748653911

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