The language of war : literature and culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War II

Author/Creator:

Dawes, James, 1969-

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The language of war : literature and culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War II / James Dawes

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

American literature--20th century--History and criticism
War in literature
American literature--19th century--History and criticism
English language--Social aspects--United States
Language and culture--United States--History
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war
Violence--United States--Historiography
Violence in literature
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war
United States--History, Military

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Language and violence : The Civil War and literary and cultural theory -- Counting on the battlefield : literature and philosophy after the Civil War -- Care and creation : the Anglo-American modernists -- Freedom, luck, and catastrophe : Ernest Hemingway, John Dewey, and Immanuel Kant -- Trauma and the structure of social norms : literature and theory between the wars -- Language, violence, and bureaucracy : William Faulkner, Joseph Heller, and organizational sociology -- Total war, Anomie, and human rights law.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990001009910302486

ISBN:

0674006488
9780674006485

OCLC Number:

47667021

Barcode:

010000681916