War and literary studies / edited by Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Neil Ramsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engberg-Pedersen, Anders, editor.

Ramsey, Neil, editor.

Series:

Cambridge critical concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War in literature.

War and literature.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

War and Literary Studies poses two main questions: First, how has war shaped the field of literary studies? And second, when scholars today study the literature of war what are the key concepts in play? Seeking to complement the extant scholarship, this volume adopts a wider and more systematic approach as it directs our attention to the relation between warfare and literary studies as a field of knowledge. What are the key characteristics of the language of war? Of gender in war? Which questions are central to the way we engage with war and trauma or war and sensation? In which ways were prominent 20th century theories such as critical theory, French postwar theory, postcolonial theory shaped by war? How might emergent concepts such as 'revolution,' 'the anthropocene' or 'capitalism' inflect the study of war and literature?

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009052832 (ebook)

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