Houen Alex (Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory University Of Cambridge)
Houen Alex (Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory University Of Cambridge) - Sacrifice And Modern War Writing Atavisms Martyrdoms And Economies Of Loss - Hardcover
Houen Alex (Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory University Of Cambridge) - Sacrifice And Modern War Writing Atavisms Martyrdoms And Economies Of Loss - Hardcover
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Description: Sacrifice and Modern War Writing presents the most extensive study to date of twentieth - and twenty - first - century war writing. Examining works by over 110 authors Alex Houen surveys how war writing explores sacrifice in relation to major modern and contemporary conflicts from the First World War to the War on Terror. Various conceptions of sacrifice are examined including Christian Jewish Islamic and secular. The discussion ranges across literary portrayals of multiple sacrificial practices including ancient rituals of child sacrifice martyrdom scapegoating and suicide bombing. Houen builds an innovative interdisciplinary approach to how war sacrifice and their representations interrelate and a wide range of Anglophone literature is discussed including novels memoirs short stories essays manifestoes elegies ballads and lyric poetry. Whereas critics and theorists have tended to emphasize that war's reality exceeds any attempt to represent it Houen contends that political religious and cultural frames of sacrifice have continued to play a significant part in shaping how war's reality is shaped and experienced. Those frames are inextricably tied to modes of representation which include symbolism and mimesis. Sacrifice and Modern War Writing explores how sacrificial killing in war is itself riddled with symbolic transfigurations and mimetic exchanges and it builds a fresh approach by arguing that the figurative and imaginative aspects of literary writing ironically become its very means of engaging closely with the reality of war's sacrifices. That approach also develops by using the literary analyses to critique and revise various prominent theories of sacrifice and war.
Title: Sacrifice And Modern War Writing Atavisms Martyrdoms And Economies Of Loss
Author(s): Houen Alex (Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory University Of Cambridge)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198912286
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 12/16/2024
Category: Warfare & Defence
Description: Sacrifice and Modern War Writing presents the most extensive study to date of twentieth - and twenty - first - century war writing. Examining works by over 110 authors Alex Houen surveys how war writing explores sacrifice in relation to major modern and contemporary conflicts from the First World War to the War on Terror. Various conceptions of sacrifice are examined including Christian Jewish Islamic and secular. The discussion ranges across literary portrayals of multiple sacrificial practices including ancient rituals of child sacrifice martyrdom scapegoating and suicide bombing. Houen builds an innovative interdisciplinary approach to how war sacrifice and their representations interrelate and a wide range of Anglophone literature is discussed including novels memoirs short stories essays manifestoes elegies ballads and lyric poetry. Whereas critics and theorists have tended to emphasize that war's reality exceeds any attempt to represent it Houen contends that political religious and cultural frames of sacrifice have continued to play a significant part in shaping how war's reality is shaped and experienced. Those frames are inextricably tied to modes of representation which include symbolism and mimesis. Sacrifice and Modern War Writing explores how sacrificial killing in war is itself riddled with symbolic transfigurations and mimetic exchanges and it builds a fresh approach by arguing that the figurative and imaginative aspects of literary writing ironically become its very means of engaging closely with the reality of war's sacrifices. That approach also develops by using the literary analyses to critique and revise various prominent theories of sacrifice and war.
Title: Sacrifice And Modern War Writing Atavisms Martyrdoms And Economies Of Loss
Author(s): Houen Alex (Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory Professor Of Modern Literature And Critical Theory University Of Cambridge)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198912286
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 12/16/2024
Category: Warfare & Defence
