Gordon Neta Catching the Torch: Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I 9781771122382

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Автор: Gordon Neta
Название: Catching the Torch: Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I
ISBN: 9781771122382
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Литературоведение: с 1900 г.

Литературные спутники (справочники), книжные обзоры и руководства

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Первая мировая война

ISBN-10: 1771122382
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 222
Вес: 0.32 кг.
Дата издания: 15.06.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 153 x 227 x 17
Ключевые слова: Literature: history & criticism,First World War
Подзаголовок: Contemporary canadian literary responses to world war i
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Catching the Torch examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canadas participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquharts The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers, Jack Hodginss Broken Ground, Kevin Kerrs Unity (1918), Stephen Massicottes Marys Wedding, and Frances Itanis Deafening, the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War.In contrast to British and European remembrances of WWI, which tend to regard it as a cataclysmic destroyer of innocence, or Australian myths that promote an ideal of outsize masculinity, physical bravery, and white superiority, contemporary Canadian texts conjure up notions of distinctively Canadian values: tolerance of ethnic difference, the ability to do ones duty without complaint or arrogance, and the inclination to show moral as well as physical courage. Paradoxically, Canadians are shown to decry the horrors of war while making use of its productive cultural effects.Through a close analysis of the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in these literary works, Catching the Torch argues that iterations of a secure mythic notion of national identity, one that is articulated via the representation of straightforward civic and military participation, work to counter current anxieties about the stability of the nation-state, in particular anxieties about the failure of the ideal of a national character.
Дополнительное описание: Literary companions, book reviews and guides|Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000|First World War

Catching the Torch: Contemporary Canadian Literary Responses to World War I, Gordon Neta