Total mobilization : World War II and American literature / Roy Scranton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scranton, Roy, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

War and literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 The Bomber

The Bomber Lyric p. 15

The Bomber as Scapegoat: Randall Jarrell's "Eighth Air Force" p. 32

Atrocity Aesthetics: James Dickey's "The Firebombing" p. 49

Agency and Death p. 57

2 Repetitions of a Hero

The Hero as Riddle: The Negro Hero and the Nation within a Nation p. 63

The Hero as Social Media: The Caine Mutiny p. 76

Participating in the Heroic: Wallace Stevens and the Poetry of War p. 90

The Reality of the Modern State: The Thin Red Line p. 102

3 War as Comedy

Zany Dialectics: "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" p. 119

The Education of a War Poet: Kenneth Koch at War p. 129

Barbaric Poetry: From Okinawa to the Cold War p. 141

Encoding War: "Sun Out" and "The Islands" p. 150

4 Total War and Historical Time

War as Origin Myth: Joan Didion's Run River p. 159

War as a Promise to the Future: "Letter from Paradise, 21° 19'N., 157° 52' W." p. 168

The Hanged Man and the Military-Industrial Complex: The Young Lions and Gravity's Rainbow p. 175

One World, One War. The Great War and Modern Memory p. 183

War as Fantasy: Star Wars p. 188

5 The Trauma Hero

Combat Gnosticism and the Old Lie: From Clausewitz to The Yellow Birds p. 195

Traumatic Revelation p. 207

"The Good War" and Postmodern Memory p. 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226637280

022663728X

9780226637310

022663731X

OCLC:

1081373369

Publisher Number:

40029402718