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Introduction: sacrifice and modern war literature / Alex Howen and Jan-Melissa Schramm -- Wordsworth, Waterloo, and sacrifice / Philip Shaw -- The Crimean War and (self- ) sacrifice in mid-Victorian fiction / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Indian Mutiny and the Blood of Sacrifice / Christopher Herbert -- The poetics of American Civil War sacrifice / Randall Fuller -- Character, sacrifice, and scapegoats: Boer War fiction / Steve Attridge -- Bare death: The failing sacrifice of the Great War / Vincent Sherry -- 'Freely proffered'?: the deaths of Rupert Brooke and Julian Grenfell / Tim Kendall -- 'A bit of shrapnel': The Sigerson Shorters, the Hardys, Yeats and the Easter Rising / Matthew Campbell -- The Penny's mighty sacrifice: The Spanish Civil War and left poetics / Ian Patterson -- The motif of sacrifice in the literature and culture of the Second World War / Mark Rawlinson -- 'It is the poems you have lost': poetry and sacrifice during the Second World War / Helen Goethals -- Sacrifice and the inner organs of the Cold War citizen / Adam Piette -- The Vietnam War, American remembering, and the measure of sacrifice, fifty Years On / Philip Beidler -- 'Atrocities against his sacred poet': The Orpheus myth and the poetry of the Northern Irish troubles / David Wheatley -- Reckoning sacrifice in 'War on Terror' literature / Alex Houen -- Afterward / Alex Houen and Jan-Melissa Schramm. |
Summary |
This book explores how writers from the early nineteenth century to the present have addressed the intimacy of sacrifice and war. Each chapter presents fresh insights into the literature of a particular conflict. The range of literature examined complements the rich array of topics related to wartime sacrifice that the contributors discuss. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
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War in literature.
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War in literature. |
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War stories -- History and criticism.
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War stories. |
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War stories.
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Sacrifice in literature.
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Sacrifice in literature. |
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Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Fiction. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. |
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American literature. |
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English literature. |
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Literature and society. |
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English-speaking countries. |
Chronological Term |
1800-2099 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Added Author |
Houen, Alex, editor.
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Schramm, Jan-Melissa, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version : 9780198806516 (OCoLC)1013584981 |
ISBN |
9780192529107 (electronic book) |
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0192529102 (electronic book) |
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9780191844126 |
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0191844128 |
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9780198806516 |
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0198806515 |
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