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Zusatztext Chattarji's book will be of great value to those interested in Vietnam poetry, as well as scholars interested in the cultural discourses of imperialism. Informationen zum Autor Subarno Chattarji is a Reader in the Department of English, University of Delhi Klappentext In this unique and significant addition to Vietnam studies! Memories of a Lost War analyzes the poems written by American veterans! protest poets! and Vietnamese! within political! aesthetic! and cultural contexts. Drawing on a wealth of material often published in small presses and journals! the book highlights the horrors of war and the continuing traumas of veterans in post-Vietnam America. In its inclusion of Vietnamese perspectives! the book marks a departure from earlier works that have largely concentrated on Vietnam as a war rather than a country. Zusammenfassung A collection of American poetic responses to the Vietnam War. This title should be of interest to specialists in Vietnam studies! American literature and war poetry! and the general reader interested in these and similar issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface Foreword by Jon Stallworthy 1: Politics and Poetry: Some Contexts and Problems for American Poetry of the Vietnam War 2: Stateside Poetry: Protest and Prophecy 3: Veteran Poetry: Protest and Anguish - Bringing the War Home 4: Veteran Poetry: Combat Experience - the Actuality and the Need to Bear Witness 5: Veteran Poetry: the Aftermath 6: The 'Other': Vietnamese Poetic Representations Bibliography Index
