The mourner's song
Subtitle: war and remembrance from The Iliad to Vietnam
By: James Tatum.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Homer -- Influence.; Homer.; American literature -- History and criticism.; War in literature.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the conflict.; 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index.
Table of contents: value: Contents: Mourners and monuments; value: The daughters of memory; value: Rage for order; value: The words of the sea; value: The companion seen but not heard; value: The poetry is in the killing; value: The fire from Hephaestus; value: Toward the autumn night of Oguma Hideo.