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Poetic Prosthetics
Trauma and Language in Contemporary Veteran Writing
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
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Poetic Prosthetics provides an analytical tool for reading war and trauma literature, focussing on contemporary British and American soldier writing, published online in various forums by the soldiers themselves since the onset of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in some cases, recent writings of veterans of the Falkland War.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Introduction: Limping Back to Life after War
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CHAPTER 1 Index, Ghost, Dream
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CHAPTER 2 Reality, Disillusionment, Play
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CHAPTER 3 War Life, Life as War
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CHAPTER 4 Prosthetic Irony – The Ghost in the Machine
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CHAPTER 5 The Prosthesis and Burial, Or Caring for the Dead
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CHAPTER 6 Body and Metaphor
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Conclusion: Leaving the Island
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Index
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November 29, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9781474498517
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240
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9781474498517
Keywords for this book
Politics
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
