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The Rhetorical Short Story
Best American Short Stories on War and the Military, 1915-2006
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2009
Summary
In The Rhetorical Short Story, Purcell examines over ninety short stories as rhetorical artifacts of nearly a century of American history. The words of over seventy-five authors present a pastiche of American voices, from the early days of the Great War to the ongoing conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each of the stories features a type of rhetorical depiction that enables its audience to connect vicariously with the experience presented by the author. This account sees the transformation of the American perspective from an insular one, which emphasizes the purpose driven actions of strong individual agents, to ones in which individuals are caught up in the inevitable consequences of an all-determining stream of events.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-4870-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-4871-4
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
127
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter One: The Great War: Slaughter, Spirits, and the Facts No access Pages 9 - 44
Chapter Two: The World Goes to War Again No access Pages 45 - 56
Chapter Three: America and the Second World War No access Pages 57 - 82
Chapter Four: Beyond the War No access Pages 83 - 112
Conclusion: Falling into America No access Pages 113 - 116
