The language of war : literature and culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War II / James Dawes.

Author/creator Dawes, James, 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Descriptionviii, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
War in literature.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
English language--Social aspects. --United States.
Language and culture--United States. --History.
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
Violence--United States. --Historiography.
Violence in literature.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Literature and the war.
United States--History, Military.

Contents Introduction. Language and violence : The Civil War and literary and cultural theory -- Counting on the battlefield : literature and philosophy after the Civil War -- Care and creation : the Anglo-American modernists -- Freedom, luck, and catastrophe : Ernest Hemingway, John Dewey, and Immanuel Kant -- Trauma and the structure of social norms : literature and theory between the wars -- Language, violence, and bureaucracy : William Faulkner, Joseph Heller, and organizational sociology -- Total war, Anomie, and human rights law.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001043085
ISBN0674006488

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS228.W37 D38 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold