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- catalog abstract ""With analysis, factual contextual information, and historical documents, this book provides a detailed, but broad perspective on the most destructive event in history. Along with interviews with literary luminaries that personalize the war and help to make connections between the literature and the actual experiences of those involved, Meredith also provides rare historical documents that enhance the reader's understanding of the military and political strategies of the major forces of the war."--Jacket. "Each chapter provides a literary analysis of the most relevant literature for students on the topic of that chapter, followed by a historical overview of the aspect of the war that will aid the student to understand the historical context of the literature. This comprehensive casebook will be valuable for interdisciplinary study of World War II and the literature from that period most frequently taught in high school English and history classes."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11331266.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Each chapter provides a literary analysis of the most relevant literature for students on the topic of that chapter, followed by a historical overview of the aspect of the war that will aid the student to understand the historical context of the literature. This comprehensive casebook will be valuable for interdisciplinary study of World War II and the literature from that period most frequently taught in high school English and history classes."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""With analysis, factual contextual information, and historical documents, this book provides a detailed, but broad perspective on the most destructive event in history.".
- catalog description "Along with interviews with literary luminaries that personalize the war and help to make connections between the literature and the actual experiences of those involved, Meredith also provides rare historical documents that enhance the reader's understanding of the military and political strategies of the major forces of the war."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "World War II Chronology -- 1. The Combatants: An Analysis of Martha Gellhorn's A Stricken Field, Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, James Jones' From Here to Eternity, Irwin Shaw's The Young Lions, and the Poems of Richard Wilbur, James Dickey, and Randall Jarrell -- 2. The Home Front: An Analysis of Bette Green's Summer of My German Soldier and David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars -- 3. Occupation, Resistance, and Espionage: An Analysis of John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down, Jack Higgins' The Eagle Has Landed, and Paul West's The Very Rich Hours of Count von Stauffenberg and Rat Man of Paris -- 4. The Holocaust: An Analysis of William Styron's Sophie's Choice and Elie Wiesel's Night -- 5. The Atomic Bomb: An Analysis of John Hersey's Hiroshima.".
- catalog extent "xix, 250 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Understanding the literature of World War II.".
- catalog identifier "0313304173 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Understanding the literature of World War II.".
- catalog isPartOf "Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,".
- catalog relation "Understanding the literature of World War II.".
- catalog subject "810.9/358 21".
- catalog subject "American literature 20th century Examinations Study guides.".
- catalog subject "American literature 20th century History and criticism Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Interviews.".
- catalog subject "English literature 20th century History and criticism Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog subject "Hersey, John, 1914-1993 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS228.W37 M47 1999".
- catalog subject "War poetry, American Examinations Study guides.".
- catalog subject "War stories, American Examinations Study guides.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Literature and the war Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Literature and the war Sources.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Sources.".
- catalog tableOfContents "World War II Chronology -- 1. The Combatants: An Analysis of Martha Gellhorn's A Stricken Field, Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, James Jones' From Here to Eternity, Irwin Shaw's The Young Lions, and the Poems of Richard Wilbur, James Dickey, and Randall Jarrell -- 2. The Home Front: An Analysis of Bette Green's Summer of My German Soldier and David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars -- 3. Occupation, Resistance, and Espionage: An Analysis of John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down, Jack Higgins' The Eagle Has Landed, and Paul West's The Very Rich Hours of Count von Stauffenberg and Rat Man of Paris -- 4. The Holocaust: An Analysis of William Styron's Sophie's Choice and Elie Wiesel's Night -- 5. The Atomic Bomb: An Analysis of John Hersey's Hiroshima.".
- catalog title "Understanding the literature of World War II : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / James H. Meredith.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Handbooks, manuals, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".