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LEADER: 02274cam a22003018a 4500
001 2010050735
003 DLC
005 20110219135858.0
008 101207s2011 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010050735
020 $a9780230278776 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPJ7632.I75$bG76 2011
082 00 $a820.8/03585505424$222
084 $aLIT004120$aLIT018000$aLIT000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGupta, Suman,$d1966-
245 10 $aImagining Iraq :$bliterature in English and the Iraq invasion /$cSuman Gupta.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
263 $a1103
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"An enormous number of literary texts engaged with the build-up towards, undertaking of and aftermath of the recent invasion of Iraq. This book both provides a survey of such texts and presents a particular critical perspective on them. Many were regarded as taking a position for or against the invasion, but this study neither attempts to hold authors to account for their political choices nor tries to reach a moral consensus on the invasion. The idea here is to examine how certain literary texts appeared within and "spoke" to a specific socio-political context, not merely to reckon with that context but to understand the condition of contemporary literature generally. Focusing primarily on literature in English made available in the U.S.A. and U.K. while debates about the Iraq invasion were uppermost in the public consciousness, texts in a wide range of forms are examined here: from poetry anthologies to individual poetry collections, plays on current events to revivals of classical plays, action thrillers to literary fiction and personal blogs"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Making War: Introduction -- 'Laws' for Poets: Poetry Anthologies -- Exacting World: Individual Poetry Collections -- To Smash the Mirror: Theatre -- A Joint Enterprise: Fiction -- Windows into Life-Worlds: Blogs and Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$vPoetry.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$vDrama.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$vBlogs.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$vLiterary collections.