The mourner's song : war and remembrance from The Iliad to Vietnam / James Tatum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tatum, James.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Influence.

Homer.

Homer. Iliad.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

War in literature.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

War poetry, American--History and criticism.

War poetry, American.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Trojan War--Literature and the war.

Trojan War.

War poetry--History and criticism.

War poetry.

Mourning customs in literature.

Memory in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Summary:

List of IllustrationsIntroductionA Note on Reading HomerOne Mourners and MonumentsTwo The Daughters of MemoryThree Rage for OrderFour The Words of the SeaFive The Companion Seen but Not HeardSix The Poetry Is in the KillingSeven The Fire from HephaestusEight Toward the Autumn Night of Oguma HideoNotesBibliographyCatalogue of the MusesIndex

Contents:

Mourners and monuments

The daughters of memory

Rage for order

The words of the sea

The companion seen but not heard

The poetry is in the killing

The fire from Hephaestus

Toward the autumn night of Oguma Hideo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0226789934

OCLC:

50041412