War, heroism, and narrative
副标题: Hemingway, Tolkien, and le Carre, storytellers to the modern world (Ernest Hemingway, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Le Carre)
ISBN: 9780542250705
出版社: ProQuest / UMI
出版年: 2006-03-18
定价: USD 69.99
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
“To find a hero one tells a story.” Heroic narratives bring meaning to the uncertainties of life, of which war is the most terrible. Yet concepts of heroism have changed since the Great War. The aim is to study war, heroism, and narrative in the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, J. R. R. Tolkien, and John le Carré. Chapter One spells out the changing nature of the hero, the development of a heroism of the ordinary, and the relationship of the hero to heroic narratives. Chapter Two outlines the scope and methodology through the metaphor of mapping, the impact of the Great War, the past “from which we have all emigrated,” the Cold War and beyond, the memories of war, and the ironies and ambiguities of modernity and modernism. Chapter Three explores the work of Hemingway, using the roles of writers and soldiers, and his continuing experience of war. The focus is on