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Writings of War
eds Claire Woods and Judith Timoney
Lives and experience in times of trauma, of war and of civilian conflict become the matter of novels, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, and newspaper reports. Other personal accounts scribbled on scraps of paper and tattered notebooks, in letters and diaries lie hidden for many years. All such writing awaits sympathetic readers and the careful attention of researchers. The papers in this volume offer scholarly yet personal perspectives on the way war and situations of conflict and trauma intersect with individual lives.
From the letters of wounded soldiers in the Second World War; the novels of two combatants on the Western Front; the soldier artist depicting his situation in the Second World War; the historian writing to serve the memories of POWs whose story has not been told; the story of children in the Holocaust; the military obituary; to the journalist reporting tragedy and disasters; and the writers who serve the cause of reconciliation, the narratives of lives are made public.
The essays in this book are presented by literary scholars, teachers of writing, historians, journalists, media scholars, all of whom have a particular interest if not passion for seeking explanations and for using words to offer insights into the lives of others lived in testing circumstances.
Published in association with the University of South Australia
ISBN: 978 1 921013 22 5
Format: Paperback, 196 pages, 210 x 135 mm, b&w illustrations
Price: $29.95
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