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Dwyer, Philip (redaktør)

War Stories e-bog

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Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is one of the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Covering conflicts from the Napoleonic era to today, the stu...
E-bog 230,54 DKK
Forfattere Dwyer, Philip (redaktør)
Udgivet 1 november 2016
Længde 334 sider
Genrer Literary studies: general
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781785333088
Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is one of the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Covering conflicts from the Napoleonic era to today, the studies gathered here consider how memoirs have been used to transmit particular views of war even as they have emerged within specific social and political contexts.