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UNINA9910812260403321 |
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Autore |
Limon John |
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Titolo |
Writing after war : American war fiction from realism to postmodernism / / John Limon [[electronic resource]] |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772695-X |
1-280-44289-1 |
1-4237-3860-8 |
0-19-535859-7 |
1-60129-967-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War stories, American - History and criticism |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Postmodernism (Literature) - United States |
Realism - In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1994. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. The Art of War: The Contest and the Duel; 2. Swords to Words: Realism and the Civil War; 3. Goddesses on the Battlefield: The Combatant Novels of TourgeĢe, Cable, and De Forest; 4. Temporal Form and Wartime: Modernism After World War I; 5. The Postmodernization of World War II; 6. Diversions: A Theory of the Vietnam Sports Novel; 7. Family Likenesses: War in Women's Words; Afterword; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This treatise develops a theory of the relationship of war in general to literature in general, to make sense of American literary history in particular. "The Iliad", argues the author, inaugurates literary history on the failure of war to be formally beautiful. |
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