Imagining Iraq [electronic resource] : Literature in English and the Iraq Invasion /
Gupta, Suman.author.
In the run-up to, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts addressing that context were produced, circulated and viewed as taking a position for or against the invasion, or contributing political insights. This book provides an in-depth survey of such texts to examine what they reveal about the condition of literature.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine 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.
In the run-up to, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts addressing that context were produced, circulated and viewed as taking a position for or against the invasion, or contributing political insights. This book provides an in-depth survey of such texts to examine what they reveal about the condition of literature.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Ethnology-Middle East .
America-Literatures.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature-Philosophy.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Middle Eastern Culture.
North American Literature.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Literary Theory.