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Vietnam and Beyond
Stefania Ciocia
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Description for Vietnam and Beyond
Hardcover. Vietnam and Beyond is a comprehensive, in-depth study of Tim O'Brien, one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. It is the first major new study of this important writer in over ten years. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O’Brien and the Power of Storytelling is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O’Brien’s development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O’Brien’s work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O’Brien’s recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer’s revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the association between courage, heroism ... Read more
Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O’Brien and the Power of Storytelling is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O’Brien’s development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O’Brien’s work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O’Brien’s recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer’s revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the association between courage, heroism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318207
SKU
V9781846318207
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About Stefania Ciocia
Stefania Ciocia is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Reviews for Vietnam and Beyond
Reviews'Argumentatively comprehensive and original ... a book that really does take discussion about Tim O’Brien as a world writer to the next level.' Philip D. Beidler