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Author Tatum, James.

Title The mourner's song : war and remembrance from The Iliad to Vietnam / James Tatum.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  810.9358 T189m 2003    ---  Available
Description xx, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index.
Contents Mourners and monuments -- The daughters of memory -- Rage for order -- The words of the sea -- The companion seen but not heard -- The poetry is in the killing -- The fire from Hephaestus -- Toward the autumn night of Oguma Hideo.
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
War in literature.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war.
War poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
War poetry -- History and criticism.
Mourning customs in literature.
Memory in literature.
Homer -- Influence.
Homer. Iliad.
ISBN 0226789934 (alk. paper)
9780226789934 (alk. paper)
Standard No. UKM bA327504
NLGGC 260239283

 
    
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