The literature of absolute war : transnationalism and World War II / Nil Santiáñez (Saint Louis University).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santiáñez-Tió, Nil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War in literature.

Total war.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Literature and transnationalism.

War and literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Transnationalism and World War II

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book addresses a set of theoretical, historical, and literary questions, shedding new light on the nature of absolute war, the literature on the world war of 1939-45, and modern war writing in general. It determines the main features of the language of absolute war, how it gravitates around fundamental semantic clusters. The Literature of Absolute War studies the variegated responses given by literary authors to the extreme and seemingly unsolvable challenges posed by absolute war to epistemology, ethics, and language. It delves into the different poetics that articulate the writing on absolute war, placing special emphasis on four literary practices: traditional realism, traumatic realism, the fantastic, and catastrophic modernism."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The horror

Terror

Specters

Coda: Remains.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-268) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Santiáñez-Tió, Nil., The literature of absolute war

ISBN:

9781108495127

1108495125

9781108817035

1108817033

OCLC:

1125018651