The Literature of War: Studies in Heroic Virtue

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It is widely assumed today that heroism is obsolete as an ideal, that heroic virtue is a contradiction in terms, and that war literature must be anti-war by definition. The author argues that the theoretical foundations of these assumptions are inadequate and do not fit the literary facts.

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It is widely assumed today that heroism is obsolete as an ideal, that heroic virtue is a contradiction in terms, and that war literature must be anti-war by definition. The author argues that the theoretical foundations of these assumptions are inadequate and do not fit the literary facts.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 212
Edition: 2nd ed. 1989
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 31 Jan 1989
ISBN 10: 0333441613
ISBN 13: 9780333441619

The Literature of War: Studies in Heroic Virtue

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