Sacrifice and Modern War Literature: From the Battle of Waterloo to the War on Terror

Sacrifice and Modern War Literature is the first book to explore how writers from the early nineteenth century to the present have addressed the intimacy of sacrifice and war. It has been common for critics to argue that after the First World War many of the cultural and religious values associated with sacrifice have been increasingly rejected by writers and others. However, this volume shows that literature has continued to address how different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198806515
• ISBN13: 9780198806516
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"