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Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts: A Comparative Approach

Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts: A Comparative Approach

Luggin, Johanna
Fink, Sebastian

Paperback

Series: Universal- Und Kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Univers

General World History

ISBN10: 3658278587
ISBN13: 9783658278588
Publisher: Springer vs
Published: Feb 15 2020
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Battle descriptions are usually seen as the raw material of the military historian, who uses them to explain why generals won or lost a given battle. This volume does not aim to contribute to this discussion; it rather approaches battle descriptions as literary texts that interact with the expectations of a given audience. Therefore literary traditions in structure, vocabulary and topics of battle descriptions should be explored. The transgression of genre-borders - also literary and fictional texts are included - and a broad comparative approach, combining evidence from the third millennium BC up to the 20th century AD, makes cultural specifics and differences more easily perceivable.

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