A unique source of literary analysis of the literature of World War II with accompanying commentary and primary documents about the history of the period.
Introduction World War II Chronology The Combatants: A Literary Analysis of Martha Gellhorn's A Stricken Field, Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, James Jones' From Here to Eternity, Irwin Shaw's The Young Lions, and the poems of Richard Wilbur, James Dickey, and Randall Jarrell The Home Front: A Literary Analysis of Bette Green's Summer of My German Soldier and David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars Occupation, Resistance, and Espionage: A Literary Analysis of John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down, Jack Higgins' The Eagle Has Landed, and Paul West's The Very Rich Hours of Count von Stauffenberg and Rat Man of Paris The Holocaust: A Literary Analysis of William Styron's Sophie's Choice and Elie Wiesel's Night The Nuclear Bomb: A Literary Analysis of John Hersey's Hiroshima Index
JAMES H. MEREDITH is Associate Professor of English at the United States Air Force Academy. He is also an Associate and Book Review Editor for War, Literature and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, and has served as Guest Editor as well. He has published on Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, and war literature. He is currently working on several book-length projects, including one on Joseph Heller's fiction, which will be published in 1999.
?[T]his work succeeds admirably in presenting complex historical
and cultural events in a comprehensive format.?-Choice
?I recommend Meredith's casebook for anyone who teaches at the high
school or college level and is looking for provocative material to
engage students with literature--and not just the literature of
WWII. While the focus of Meredith's book is WWII, the literature he
covers has a larger, timeless vision....Understanding the
Litertarure of World War II distills the war's complexities into
ideas the students can apply to their own WWII connections, and
ultimately to the world they are already inheriting.?-War,
Literature & The Arts
?Meredith...helps the reader to make connections between the
literature and the actual experiences for those involved. Astutely
edited and thoroughly readable.?-The Herald (Columbia, SC)
?[T]his book should be on your shelf.?- School Library Journal
?[T]his book should be on your shelf.?-School Library Journal
?[T]his book should be on your shelf.??School Library Journal
"�T�his book should be on your shelf."-School Library Journal
"�T�his work succeeds admirably in presenting complex historical
and cultural events in a comprehensive format."-Choice
"[T]his book should be on your shelf."-School Library Journal
"[T]his work succeeds admirably in presenting complex historical
and cultural events in a comprehensive format."-Choice
"Meredith...helps the reader to make connections between the
literature and the actual experiences for those involved. Astutely
edited and thoroughly readable."-The Herald (Columbia, SC)
"I recommend Meredith's casebook for anyone who teaches at the high
school or college level and is looking for provocative material to
engage students with literature--and not just the literature of
WWII. While the focus of Meredith's book is WWII, the literature he
covers has a larger, timeless vision....Understanding the
Litertarure of World War II distills the war's complexities into
ideas the students can apply to their own WWII connections, and
ultimately to the world they are already inheriting."-War,
Literature & The Arts
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