On war and writing / Samuel Hynes.

Author/creator Hynes, Samuel
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Descriptionx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subjects
War and literature.
War in literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
Literature, Modern--20th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents Introduction: two vocations -- At war with Ken Burns -- In the whirl and muddle of war -- War stories: myths of World War II -- A critic looks at war -- Hardy and the battle god -- Yeats's wars -- Ignorantly into war: Vera Brittain -- Rebecca West's The return of the soldier -- An introduction to Graeme West -- The odds on Edward Thomas -- E. E. Cummings's The enormous room -- Cecil Lewis's Sagittarius rising -- The death of landscape -- Verdun and back: a pilot's log.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017035132
ISBN9780226468785 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022646878X (cloth : alk. paper)

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