The hell of war comes home : imaginative texts from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq / Owen W. Gilman Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilman, Owen W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Literature and the war.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Motion pictures and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Literature and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Motion pictures and the war.

War films--United States--History and criticism.

War films.

War and motion pictures.

United States.

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

War and literature.

Iraq.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

Contents:

The Long Arc of War Experience for Americans. A Brief Introduction: Veterans Face the Challenge of American Fantasyland at War

On Going to War the American Way

America's Recent War Experience Comes Home in Imaginative Texts. The Efforts of Journalists and Writers of Creative Nonfiction to Deliver War for Readers at Home

The Contribution of Films, from The Hurt Locker to American Sniper with Many Films Ignored

Poets Capture War in Brief for a Small Audience

American Fiction (and Hellish Truth) from Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Veterans Lost as Distractions Rule in Fantasyland America. American Fantasyland in Time of War: the Hell Veterans Face at Home

America and Future Wars: Fantasyland Ready for More War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Gilman, Owen W. author. Hell of war comes home

ISBN:

9781496815767

1496815769

OCLC:

983679084