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the cambridge companion to the literature of world war ii
the literature of world war ii has emerged as an accomplished moving and challenging body of work produced by writers as different as norman mailer and virginia woolf primo levi and ernest hemingway jean paul sartre and w. h. auden . this companion provides a comprehensive overview of the international literatures of the war both those works that recorded or reflected experiences of the war as it happened and those that tried to make sense of it afterwards . it surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations britain and the commonwealth the usa japan germany france italy and the ussr and explores its common themes . with its chronology and guide to further reading it will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration for students and scholars of modern literature and war studies .
hardcover cambridge university press 2009 isbn13 9780521887557 isbn10 0521887550
abridged n isbn 13 9780521887557 number in series 1 number of pages 234 publisher cambridge univ pr release date 1233360000000 series title cambridge companions to literature