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" War and literature / "
edited by Laura Ashe and Ian Patterson for the English Association
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BL
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603262
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b432481
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War and literature /\ edited by Laura Ashe and Ian Patterson for the English Association
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| Series Statement
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Essays and studies ;; 2014 = volume 67
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xii, 254 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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1843843811
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: 9781843843818
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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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, and to provide some clues to the intricate entwinement of war with contemporary life. Particular topics addressed include writings of and about the Crusades and battles during the Hundred Years War; Shakespeare's treatment of war; Auden's 'Journal of an Airman'; and War and Peace"--
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War in literature
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War and literature
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PN56.W3W37 2014
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Ashe, Laura
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Patterson, Ian
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