Writing War, Writing Lives

War affects life writing and lives affect war writing. The traditional forms of life writing-memoir, biography, letters, diaries-buckle under the strain of war. War writing has fewer traditional forms but exists at a similar extreme. The eight chapters in this book, covering a range of genres, and spanning from the early 1800s to the 21st century, illuminate the creative innovations, improvisations and implosions which happen when the demands of writing war and writing lives collide. Central to all is the question of authenticity: how can wars and lives be known and who can speak of them with authority? This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.

Info autore

Kate McLoughlin is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK.
Lara Feigel is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at King’s College, London, UK.
Nancy Martin is a doctoral student in English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kate (University of Oxford Mcloughlin, Kate Feigel Mcloughlin
• Con la collaborazione di: Kate Mcloughlin (Editore), Lara Feigel (Editore), Nancy Martin (Editore), McLoughlin Kate (Editore), Feigel Lara (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 23.08.2018
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780367023997
• ISBN: 978-0-367-02399-7
• Numero di pagine: 180
• Categorie: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Life Writing Studies, war literature analysis, digital media in conflict, authenticity in testimony, archival correspondence research, interdisciplinary war life writing research, combatant identity narratives