Andrew Rutherford
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 1989
9780333441619
The Literature of War
Studies in Heroic Virtue
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 1989
ISBN13: 9780333441619
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
It is widely assumed today that heroism is obsolete as an ideal, that heroic virtue is a contradiction in terms, and that war literature must be anti-war by definition. The author argues that the theoretical foundations of these assumptions are inadequate and do not fit the literary facts.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780333441619
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
The subaltern as hero - Kipling and frontier war; the intellectual as hero - Lawrence of Arabia; the common man as hero - literature of the Western Front; the Christian as hero - Waugh's "Sword of Honour"; the spy as hero - Le Carre and the Cold War; Epilogue - on realism and the heroic.