A critical exploration of war's impact on literature from medieval to modern times, reflecting on its complex relationship with writing.
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A critical exploration of war's impact on literature from medieval to modern times, reflecting on its complex relationship with writing.
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Considerations of writing about war, in war, because of war, and against war, in a wide range of texts from the middle ages onwards. War was the first subject of literature; at times, war has been its only subject. In this volume, the contributors reflect on the uneasy yet symbiotic relations of war and writing, from medieval to modern literature. War writing emerges in multiple forms, celebratory and critical, awed and disgusted; the rhetoric of inexpressibility fights its own battle with the u...
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will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Violence & gore
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Frequent discussion of war and battles with likely graphic historical depictions.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Moderate focus on religious themes in medieval war writings and Crusades.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content depicted.
Political content
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Moderate analysis of war's cultural and social impact in literature.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate references to suffering and cruelty in war contexts.
Other
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