Writing After War
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Writing After War
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Author : John Limon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1994-07-07
Writing After War written by John Limon and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Writing After War, John Limon develops a theory of the relationship of war in general to literature in general, in order to make sense of American literary history in particular. Applying the work of war theorists Carl von Clausewitz and Elaine Scarry, John Limon argues that The Iliad inaugurates Western literature on the failure of war to be duel-like, to have a beautiful form. War's failure is literature's justification. American literary history is demarcated by wars, as if literary epochs, like the history of literature itself, required bloodshed to commence. But in chapters on periods of literary history from realism, generally taken to be a product of the Civil War, through modernism, usually assumed to be a prediction or result of the Great War, up to postmodernism which followed World War II and spanned Vietnam, Limon argues that, despite the looming presence of war in American history, the techniques that define these periods are essentially ways of not writing war. From James and Twain, through Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and even Hemingway, to Pynchon, our national literary history is not hopelessly masculinist, Limon argues. Instead, it arrives naturally at Bobbie Ann Mason and Maxine Hong Kingston. Kingston brings the discussion full circle: The Woman Warrior, like The Iliad, appears to condemn the fall from duel to war that is literature's endless opening.
Writing After Postcolonialism
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Author : Jane Hiddleston
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-21
Writing After Postcolonialism written by Jane Hiddleston and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
'Focusing on francophone writing from North Africa as it has developed since the 1980s, Writing After Postcolonialism explores the extent to which the notion of 'postcolonialism' is still resonant for literary writers a generation or more after independence, and examines the troubled status of literature in society and politics during this period. Whilst analysing the ways in which writers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have reacted to political unrest and social dissatisfaction, Jane Hiddleston offers a compelling reflection on literature's ability to interrogate the postcolonial nation as well as on its own uncertain role in the current context. The book sets out both to situate the recent generation of francophone writers in North Africa in relation to contemporary politics, to postcolonial theory, and evolving notions of 'world literature, and to probe the ways in which a new and highly sophisticated set of writers reflect on the very notion of 'the literary' during this period of transition.'
Postwar Literary Emergence
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Author : Iris Calder
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-05-06
Postwar Literary Emergence written by Iris Calder and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-06 with History categories.
Postwar Literary Emergence explores the profound impact of World War II and subsequent social upheaval on global literature. It examines how writers navigated historical trauma and crafted new narrative forms to articulate previously unvoiced experiences. The book reveals how literature became a tool for social critique, political activism, and personal healing in the face of unprecedented change. The collection of essays analyzes the reinvention of realism, the rise of experimental narratives, and the exploration of identity in a fractured world. For example, the book addresses the resurgence of historical fiction as a means of confronting collective memory. By examining literary collections and essays from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, the book demonstrates how writers grappled with legacies of war, colonialism, and injustice. The book progresses across chapters by exploring different geographical areas and thematic concerns, offering a scholarly yet accessible tone.
Untranslatability
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Author : Duncan Large
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-27
Untranslatability written by Duncan Large and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume is the first of its kind to explore the notion of untranslatability from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives and its implications within the broader context of translation studies. Featuring contributions from both leading authorities and emerging scholars in the field, the book looks to go beyond traditional comparisons of target texts and their sources to more rigorously investigate the myriad ways in which the term untranslatability is both conceptualized and applied. The first half of the volume focuses on untranslatability as a theoretical or philosophical construct, both to ground and extend the term’s conceptual remit, while the second half is composed of case studies in which the term is applied and contextualized in a diverse set of literary text types and genres, including poetry, philosophical works, song lyrics, memoir, and scripture. A final chapter examines untranslatability in the real world and the challenges it brings in practical contexts. Extending the conversation in this burgeoning contemporary debate, this volume is key reading for graduate students and researchers in translation studies, comparative literature, gender studies, and philosophy of language. The editors are grateful to the University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities, who supported the book with a publication grant.
After The Holocaust
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Author : David Cesarani
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-09-29
After The Holocaust written by David Cesarani and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with History categories.
For the last decade scholars have been questioning the idea that the Holocaust was not talked about in any way until well into the 1970s. After the Holocaust: Challenging the Myth of Silence is the first collection of authoritative, original scholarship to expose a serious misreading of the past on which, controversially, the claims for a ‘Holocaust industry’ rest. Taking an international approach this bold new book exposes the myth and opens the way for a sweeping reassessment of Jewish life in the postwar era, a life lived in the pervasive, shared awareness that Jews had narrowly survived a catastrophe that had engulfed humanity as a whole but claimed two-thirds of their number. The chapters include: an overview of the efforts by survivor historians and memoir writers to inform the world of the catastrophe that had befallen the Jews of Europe an evaluation of the work of survivor-historians and memoir writers new light on the Jewish historical commissions and the Jewish documentation centres studies of David Boder, a Russian born psychologist who recorded searing interviews with survivors, and the work of philosophers, social thinkers and theologians theatrical productions by survivors and the first films on the theme made in Hollywood how the Holocaust had an impact on the everyday life of Jews in the USA and a discussion of the different types, and meanings, of ‘silence’. A breakthrough volume in the debate about the ‘Myth of Silence’, this is a must for all students of Holocaust and genocide.
Chinese Creative Writing Studies
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Author : Mo-Ling Rebecca Leung
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-07-22
Chinese Creative Writing Studies written by Mo-Ling Rebecca Leung and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book introduces Chinese creative writing to the English-speaking world, considering various aspects of literary and creative theories in research in Chinese writing. It covers recent trends such as cross-media practices, pedagogy in creative writing in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, specifically, and looks at how Chinese classical culture brings new interpretations to creative writing within a global context. Consisting of 14 chapters by established scholars and experts, writers, and poets working in various genres within the Chinese writing tradition, the book presents data accrued from personal reflections, classroom teaching, video games, museum studies, radio dramas, TV series, and cyber-literature. The book includes leading Chinese leading scholars’ reflections on research and the field, providing an omnibus perspective on theories of creative writing. It focuses on the interconnection between Chinese creative writing and pedagogy and examines different writer-training methods in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, offering a comparative perspective that deepens the understanding of institutional effects on the development of creative writing. It unpacks the interaction between Chinese creative writing and multimedia and ascertains the possibilities of incorporating media studies into writing practices. It also presents new interpretations of Chinese classical culture assets to new creative or literary manuscripts, such as TV series adaptation and Internet literature. Relevant to researchers, teachers, and students working Chinese creative writing and Chinese literature, it is also a landmark text in exposing English-speaking creative writing scholars to the wealth of Chinese creative writing, in English.
Complicity In American Literature After 1945
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Author : Will Norman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2025-03-10
Complicity In American Literature After 1945 written by Will Norman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-10 with Fiction categories.
Complicity in American Literature after 1945 offers a literary and intellectual history of the idea of complicity in the United States, proposing a new frame for understanding American literature in the period. The term “complicity” derives etymologically from the Latin complicãre, which means “to fold.” If one is complicit, one is folded into a larger system of social harm over which one has little or no direct control. In the period from 1945 to the early 1970s, complicity with structural racism became a central concern for American writing and thought, as it grappled with the Holocaust, colonialism, the Vietnam War, and racial domination at home in the United States. Writers and thinkers grasped complicity both as a social phenomenon to be represented and as a problem threatening to enfold writing itself. In addressing complicity, intellectuals were obliged to reconsider their social role and to innovate means of literary expression capable of articulating new experiences of guilt and responsibility. Complicity in American Literature after 1945 tells the story of that process as it took place across several genres, from highbrow short stories to crime fiction, and from experimental metafiction to the reportage essays of the New Journalism. It argues that the history of racial complicity is inseparable from the history of liberalism, and shows how we can make sense of our present preoccupations with complicity by studying its origins in the past.
The Complete Works
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Author : George Orwell
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-13
The Complete Works written by George Orwell and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-13 with Literary Collections categories.
George Orwell's 'The Complete Works' is a monumental compilation that encapsulates the breadth of his literary contributions, ranging from essays and journalism to fiction and political commentary. Orwell's incisive prose and stark realism reflect the tumultuous political landscapes of the 20th century, particularly the rise of totalitarianism and the complexities of social injustice. His works, such as '1984' and 'Animal Farm', use allegorical and dystopian elements to dissect power dynamics, while essays like 'Shooting an Elephant' illustrate the moral ambiguities of colonialism through personal narrative. The literary style exhibits clarity and precision, establishing Orwell as a pivotal figure in modern literature. George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was profoundly influenced by his experiences as a colonial police officer in Burma, his time in the Spanish Civil War, and his staunch opposition to oppressive regimes. These experiences fueled his commitment to social justice and integrity, driving him to craft works that challenge societal norms and advocate for the underprivileged. His unique perspectives on language and politics, intertwined with his personal hardships, enhance the depth of his writings. Readers seeking profound insights into humanity and the political machinations that govern society will find 'The Complete Works' indispensable. Orwell's ability to distill complex ideas into accessible narratives invites readers to reflect critically on their own realities. This compilation not only serves as an essential reference for students of literature and politics but also resonates with anyone striving to understand the moral fabric of the modern world.
Writing Pain In The Nineteenth Century United States
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Author : Thomas Constantinesco
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
Writing Pain In The Nineteenth Century United States written by Thomas Constantinesco and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with History categories.
This book examines how pain is represented in a range of literary texts and genres from the nineteenth-century United States. It considers the aesthetic, philosophical, and ethical implications of pain as the national culture of pain progressively transformed in the wake of the invention of anesthesia.
Routledge Handbook Of Post Classical And Contemporary Persian Literature
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Author : Kamran Talattof
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-06-05
Routledge Handbook Of Post Classical And Contemporary Persian Literature written by Kamran Talattof and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-05 with History categories.
Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts related to Persian literature from the 17th century to the present day. It includes analyses of free verse poetry, short stories, novels, prison writings, memoirs, and plays. The chapters apply a disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to the many movements, genres, and works of the long and evolving body of Persian literature produced in the Persianate World. These collections of scholarly essays and samples of Persian literary texts provide facts (general information), instructions (ways to understand, analyze, and appreciate this body of works), and the field’s state-of-the-art research (the problematics of the topics) regarding one of the most important and oldest literary traditions in the world. Thus, the Handbook’s chapters and related texts provide scholars, students, and admirers of Persian poetry and prose with practical and direct access to the intricacies of the Persian literary world through a chronological account of key moments in the formation of this enduring literary tradition. The related Handbook (also edited by Kamran Talattof ), Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical, and Late Classical Persian Literature covers Persian literary works from the ancient or pre-Islamic era to roughly the end of the 16th century.