Men at war : what fiction tells us about conflict, from the Iliad to catch-22 /
Since Achilles first stormed into our imagination, literature has introduced its readers to truly unforgettable martial characters. In Men at War, Christopher Coker discusses some of the most famous of these fictional creations and their impact on our understanding of war and masculinity. Grouped in...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- An absolute truth
- Warriors. Achilles ; Aeneas ; Hadji Murat ; "Lucky Jack" Aubrey ; Vollmer
- Heroes. Henry Fleming ; Brigadier Gerard ; Bourne ; Robert Jordan ; Malaparte
- Villains. Colonel Feraud ; Colonel Moredock ; General Cummings ; Dr. Strangelove ; Judge Holden
- Survivors. Falstaff ; Svejk ; Yossarian ; Kien ; Flashman
- Victims. Philoctetes ; Colonel Chabert ; Paul Baumer ; Guy Crouchback ; Billy Pilgrim
- War is kind: a final summing up.