Description:
This collection of original essays by historians and literary critics explores the complex and difficult question of how a culture does, in fact, "return to peace" after a war.
Brief description:
Aránzazu Usandizaga is professor of American and English literature at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He is coeditor of Dressing Up for War: Transformations of Gender and Genre in the Discourse and Literature of War.
Review Quotes:
"This remarkable collection extends the analysis of war literature into a new area by asking what happens after the cessation of hostilities. How can individuals, indeed entire cultures, return to peace? This groundbreaking collection shows how war's destruction and terrible creations continue long after the conflict has ended. Essential." --Choice