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OverviewWho writes novels about war? For nearly a century after World War I, the answer was simple: soldiers who had been there. The assumption that a person must have experienced war in the flesh in order to write about it in fiction was taken for granted by writers, reviewers, critics, and even scholars. Contemporary American fiction tells a different story. Less than half of the authors of contemporary war novels are veterans. And that’s hardly the only change. Today’s war novelists focus on the psychological and moral challenges of soldiers coming home rather than the physical danger of combat overseas. They also imagine the consequences of the wars from non-American perspectives in a way that defies the genre’s conventions. To understand why these changes have occurred, David Eisler argues that we must go back nearly fifty years, to the political decision to abolish the draft. The ramifications rippled into the field of cultural production, transforming the foundational characteristics— authorship, content, and form—of the American war fiction genre. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David F. EislerPublisher: University of Iowa Press Imprint: University of Iowa Press Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781609388652ISBN 10: 1609388658 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 30 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsWriting Warsis a brilliant excavation of the stories Americans have been telling ourselves about war for the past century. Eisler has written a sharp, engaging, and troubling cultural history. --Phil Klay, National Book Award winner, author, Redeployment Author InformationDavid F. Eisler is postdoctoral researcher in literary and cultural studies. He previously served on active duty in the United States Army. His work has appeared in the New York Times, War on the Rocks, Daily Beast, Collier’s Magazine, Military Review, Drunken Boat, and The Road Ahead: Fiction from the Forever War. Eisler lives in Amberg, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |