Terrible Beauty: Aesthetics of Death in Polish and Japanese War Literature
War narration is inseparably linked to the image of death, which is a very sensitive issue. This paper shows how in two different cultures writers have attempted to turn death into something good, heroic and even beautiful. I am concerned with how death in wartime can arouse an aesthetic response. I...
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| Language: | English |
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The International Academic Forum
2014-11-01
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| Series: | IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship |
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| Online Access: | https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-3-issue-1/article-4/ |