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The mourner's song : war and remembrance from The Iliad to Vietnam /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tatum, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Homer > Influence.
Homer. > Iliad.
American literature > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the conflict.
War poetry, American > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
War poetry > History and criticism.
Mourning customs in literature.
Memory in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Mourners and monuments
  • The daughters of memory
  • Rage for order
  • The words of the sea
  • The companion seen but not heard
  • The poetry is in the killing
  • The fire from Hephaestus
  • Toward the autumn night of Oguma Hideo.