Literature of Absolute War - Transnationalism and World War II

This is the first comparative transnational approach to the language of absolute war and the literature on World War II.

List of contents

Preface. Targets; Introduction. Concepts; 1. The horror; 2. Terror; 3. Specters; Coda. Remains.

About the author

Nil Santiáñez is Professor of Spanish and International Studies at Saint Louis University. He has authored Wittgenstein's Ethics and Modern Warfare (2018); Topographies of Fascism: Habitus, Space, and Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain (2013); Goya/Clausewitz: Paradigmas de la guerra absoluta (2009); Investigaciones literarias: Modernidad, historia de la literatura y modernismos (2002); Ángel Ganivet: Una bibliografía anotada (1892–1995) (1996); De la Luna a Mecanópolis: Antología de la ciencia ficción española (1832–1913) (1995); and Ángel Ganivet, escritor modernista: Teoría y novela en el fin de siglo español (1994).

Summary

The Literature of Absolute War explores for the first time the literature of absolute war in connection to the world war of 1939–45. From a transnational standpoint, it addresses a set of theoretical, historical, and literary questions, shedding new light on the nature of absolute war and the literature on World War II.

Product details

• Authors: Nil (St Louis University Santianez, Nil (University of Washington) Santianez, Nil Santiáñez, Santianez Nil
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108495127
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49512-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000