War and Words - by Sara Munson Deats & Lagretta Tallent Lenker & Merry G Perry (Hardcover)

About the Book

War and Words is a sweeping study of the profound, painful, and most significantly, defining cultural moments. Working from Homer through to Hemingway and in all traditions, some of the nation's best scholars of literature illustrate how literature and language affect not only...

Book Synopsis

War and Words is a sweeping study of the profound, painful, and most significantly, defining cultural moments. Working from Homer through to Hemingway and in all traditions, some of the nation's best scholars of literature illustrate how literature and language affect not only the present but also future generations by shaping history even as it represents it. This powerful collection affirms that the humanities remain a site of the most profound reflection on human experience and historical events that have, for better and worse, shaped world civilization.

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An insightful an dthought provoking study, and should be read by anyone interested in the literature of war and how western society views this important and destructive institution.

Highly Recommended.

This scrupulously gathered collection of essays pursues a striking concept. . . . How does literary genius, from Homer to Shakespeare to Tolstoi and Yeats, manage to lift the horror of war, savagery, and repression into the realm of tragic greatness? The editors have given us much to think out, in the classroom and in our private studies.

About the Author

Sara Munson Deats is Distinguished University Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center of Applied Humanities at the University of South Florida.
Lagretta Tallent Lenker is Director of Graduate Certificates at University of South Florida.
Merry G. Perry is Assistant Professor of English at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania.