Soldiers once and still : Ernest Hemingway, James Salter & Tim O'Brien / Alex Vernon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernon, Alex, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

War and literature--United States--History--20th century.

War and literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Soldiers' writings, American--History and criticism.

Soldiers' writings, American.

Veterans' writings, American--History and criticism.

Veterans' writings, American.

Soldiers--United States--Intellectual life.

Soldiers.

Veterans--United States--Intellectual life.

Veterans.

War in literature.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation.

Hemingway, Ernest.

O'Brien, Tim, 1946---Criticism and interpretation.

O'Brien, Tim.

Salter, James--Criticism and interpretation.

Salter, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As 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

Contents:

Contents; 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

9. Salvation, Storytelling, and Pilgrimage in _The Things They Carried_10. O'Brien's War, O'Brien's Women; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index.

ISBN:

9781587294877

1587294877

OCLC:

66385981