Loving Arms: British Women Writing the Second World War

Loving Arms examines the war-related writings of five British women whose works explore the connections among gender, war, and story-telling. Evoking the famous "St. Crispin's Day" speech from Henry V and then her own father's account of being moved to tears on V-J Day because he had been too young to fight, Karen Schneider posits that the war story has a far-reaching potency. As widely defined and accepted, war stories are men's stories. If we are to hear another story of war, then we must list

Author: Karen Schneider
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780813160108

About the Author

Karen Schneider is assistant professor of English at Western Kentucky University.

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