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Author Hawkins, Ty

Title Reading Vietnam amid the War on terror / Ty Hawkins
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : illustrations
Series American literature readings in 21st century
American literature readings in the 21st century.
Contents American Myth, Vietnam, and the Prospect of Repetition -- Philip Caputo's Deconstruction of the Warrior-Hero Ideal -- Michael Herr's Dispatchesand 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
Summary Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terrorargues 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, focusing primarily on texts produced in response to the Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
War in literature.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Literary studies: from c 1900 -- USA.
Military history: post WW2 conflicts -- USA.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Literature.
American literature
War in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137011411
1137011416
1280583185
9781280583186