The language of war : literature and culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War II

The language of war : literature and culture in the U.S. from the Civil War through World War II / James Dawes.

Author/creator	Dawes, James, 1969-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Description	viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	American literature--20th century --History and criticism. War in literature. American literature--19th century --History and criticism. English language--Social aspects --United States. Language and culture--United States --History. World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war. World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war. Violence--United States --Historiography. Violence in literature. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Literature and the war. United States--History, Military.

Contents	Introduction. Language and violence : The Civil War and literary and cultural theory -- Counting on the battlefield : literature and philosophy after the Civil War -- Care and creation : the Anglo-American modernists -- Freedom, luck, and catastrophe : Ernest Hemingway, John Dewey, and Immanuel Kant -- Trauma and the structure of social norms : literature and theory between the wars -- Language, violence, and bureaucracy : William Faulkner, Joseph Heller, and organizational sociology -- Total war, Anomie, and human rights law.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2001043085
ISBN	0674006488

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS228.W37 D38 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold