Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-34002-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Argues that the examination of contemporary American war narratives can lead to newfound understandings of American literature, American history, and American national purpose. To prove such a contention, the book blends literary, rhetorical, and cultural methods of analysis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawkins, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

American Myth, Vietnam, and the Prospect of Repetition Philip Caputo's Deconstruction of the Warrior-Hero Ideal Michael Herr's Dispatches and the Allure of Combat The Perversion of Labor in Larry Heinemann's Vietnam Tim O'Brien's Search for an Ideal Femininity Community in Bobbie Ann Mason's War Fiction

Über Autor(innen)

TY HAWKINS Assistant professor of English at Walsh University of Ohio, USA.