LEADER 03679nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910777554603321 005 20230617005417.0 010 $a1-58729-487-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000459803 035 $a(EBL)843163 035 $a(OCoLC)66385981 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201918 035 $a(PQKB)10680549 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843163 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9311 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354476 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000459803 100 $a20031126d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoldiers once and still$b[electronic resource] $eErnest Hemingway, James Salter & Tim O'Brien /$fAlex Vernon 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-886-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Reading American War Literature, Reading Ernest Hemingway; 1.ReadingTwentieth-Century American War Literature; 2. War, Gender, and Ernest Hemingway; Part 2. Reading James Salter; 3. James Salter Biographic and Cultural Context; 4. The Hemingway Influence and the Very Modern _A Sport and a Pastime_; 5. From Flying to Writing; 6. Death, Desire, and the Homosocial; Part 3: Reading Tim O'Brien; 7. O'Brien's Literary Project; 8. Submission and Resistance to the Self as Soldier: Tim O'Brien's War Memoir 327 $a9. Salvation, Storytelling, and Pilgrimage in _The Things They Carried_10. O'Brien's War, O'Brien's Women; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aAs the world enters a new century, as it embarks on new wars and sees new developments in the waging of war, reconsiderations of the last century's legacy of warfare are necessary to our understanding of the current world order. In Soldiers Once and Still, Alex Vernon looks back through the twentieth century in order to confront issues of self and community in veterans' literature, exploring how war and the military have shaped the identities of Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien, three of the twentieth century's most respected authors. Vernon specifically explores the various way 606 $aWar stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWar and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSoldiers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aVeterans' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aVeterans$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aWar in literature 615 0$aWar stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWar and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSoldiers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aVeterans' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSoldiers$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aVeterans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aWar in literature. 676 $a813/.509358 700 $aVernon$b Alex$f1967-$01559315 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777554603321 996 $aSoldiers once and still$93824303 997 $aUNINA