Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature

The first reference to literary and cultural representations of war in 20th-centuryEnglish & US literature and filmCoving the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, theTroubles in Northern Ireland and the War on Terror, this Companion reveals the influenceof modern wars on the imagination.These newly researched and innovative essays connect 'high' literary studies to theengagement of film and theatre with warfare, extensively cover the literary and culturalevaluation of the technologies of war and open the literary field to genre fiction. Divided into 5 sections: 20th-Century Wars and Their LiteraturesBodies, Behaviours, CulturesThe Cultural Impact of the Technologies of Modern WarThe Spaces of Modern WarGenres of War CultureKey FeaturesAll-new original essays commissioned from major critics and cultural historiansReflects the way war studies are currently being taught and researched: in the volume's approach, structure and breadth of coverageFor scholars: core arguments and detailed research topicsFor students: Historically grounded topic- and genre-based essays, useful forstudying the modern period and war modules

The first reference to literary and cultural representations of war in 20th-centuryEnglish & US literature and filmCoving the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, theTroubles in Northern Ireland and the War on Terror, this Companion reveals the influenceof modern wars on the imagination.These newly researched and innovative essays connect 'high' literary studies to theengagement of film and theatre with warfare, extensively cover the literary and culturalevaluation of the technologies of war and open the literary field to genre fiction. Divided into 5 sections: 20th-Century Wars and Their LiteraturesBodies, Behaviours, CulturesThe Cultural Impact of the Technologies of Modern WarThe Spaces of Modern WarGenres of War CultureKey FeaturesAll-new original essays commissioned from major critics and cultural historiansReflects the way war studies are currently being taught and researched: in the volume's approach, structure and breadth of coverageFor scholars: core arguments and detailed research topicsFor students: Historically grounded topic- and genre-based essays, useful forstudying the modern period and war modules