Waging War on War : Peacefighting in American Literature.
Mariani, Giorgio.
Waging War on War : Peacefighting in American Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - Global Studies of the United States Series . - Global Studies of the United States Series .
Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Theory -- 1 Anti-War? Notes on a Ghostly Concept -- 2 Ad Bellum Purificandum: Giving Peace a Fighting Chance -- 3 The Rhetorical Equivalent of War: William James, Kenneth Burke, Stephen Crane -- Part II Readings -- 4 An American Counter-Epic? War and Peace in Joel Barlow's Columbiad -- 5 "Cain's Ring": Moby-Dick and the Narrative of Sacrifice -- 6 "Curious Anesthetics": Ellen La Motte and the Wounds of the Great War -- 7 Waging War on the Sacred: William Faulkner's A Fable -- 8 War, Fiction, and Truth: Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" -- 9 Beyond the Semantic Netherworld: Literature and the Iraq War -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780252097850
American literature-History and criticism.
War and literature-United States.
Peace in literature.
Peace movements in literature.
Electronic books.
PS169
810.9/358
Waging War on War : Peacefighting in American Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - Global Studies of the United States Series . - Global Studies of the United States Series .
Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Theory -- 1 Anti-War? Notes on a Ghostly Concept -- 2 Ad Bellum Purificandum: Giving Peace a Fighting Chance -- 3 The Rhetorical Equivalent of War: William James, Kenneth Burke, Stephen Crane -- Part II Readings -- 4 An American Counter-Epic? War and Peace in Joel Barlow's Columbiad -- 5 "Cain's Ring": Moby-Dick and the Narrative of Sacrifice -- 6 "Curious Anesthetics": Ellen La Motte and the Wounds of the Great War -- 7 Waging War on the Sacred: William Faulkner's A Fable -- 8 War, Fiction, and Truth: Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" -- 9 Beyond the Semantic Netherworld: Literature and the Iraq War -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
9780252097850
American literature-History and criticism.
War and literature-United States.
Peace in literature.
Peace movements in literature.
Electronic books.
PS169
810.9/358