Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts

Sebastian Fink

ISBN 10: 3658278587 / ISBN 13: 9783658278588

Published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Feb 2020, 2020

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Neuware -Battle descriptions are usually seen as the raw material of the military historian, who uses them to explain why generals won or lost a given battle. This volume does not aim to contribute to this discussion; it rather approaches battle descriptions as literary texts that interact with the expectations of a given audience. Therefore literary traditions in structure, vocabulary and topics of battle descriptions should be explored. The transgression of genre-borders ¿ also literary and fictional texts are included ¿ and a broad comparative approach, combining evidence from the third millennium BC up to the 20th century AD, makes cultural specifics and differences more easily perceivable.ContentsWith contributions by Marcos Such-Guttiérrez, Pavel ¿ech, Hilmar Klinkott, Wolfgang Oswald, Kai Ruffing, Oliver Stoll, Martin M. Bauer, Reinhold Bichler, Christian Mileta, Simon Lentzsch, Sven Günther, Dennis Pulina, JohannaLuggin, Sonjar Koroliov, Magdalena Gronau and Martin Gronau.The EditorsDr. Johanna Luggin is a post-doc researcher in the ERC-funded project ¿NOSCEMUS ¿ Nova Scientia: Early Modern Science and Latin¿ in Innsbruck, Austria.Dr. Sebastian Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence ¿Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions¿.Springer VS in Springer Science + Business Media, Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 384 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts
• Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Feb 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658278587
• ISBN 13: 9783658278588
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 168H x 21D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 168 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 643 grams

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Synopsis

Battle descriptions are usually seen as the raw material of the military historian, who uses them to explain why generals won or lost a given battle. This volume does not aim to contribute to this discussion; it rather approaches battle descriptions as literary texts that interact with the expectations of a given audience. Therefore literary traditions in structure, vocabulary and topics of battle descriptions should be explored. The transgression of genre-borders – also literary and fictional texts are included – and a broad comparative approach, combining evidence from the third millennium BC up to the 20th century AD, makes cultural specifics and differences more easily perceivable.

Contents

With contributions by Marcos Such-Guttiérrez, Pavel Čech, Hilmar Klinkott, Wolfgang Oswald, Kai Ruffing, Oliver Stoll, Martin M. Bauer, Reinhold Bichler, Christian Mileta, Simon Lentzsch, Sven Günther, Dennis Pulina, JohannaLuggin, Sonjar Koroliov, Magdalena Gronau and Martin Gronau.

The Editors

Dr. Johanna Luggin is a post-doc researcher in the ERC-funded project “NOSCEMUS – Nova Scientia: Early Modern Science and Latin” in Innsbruck, Austria.

Dr. Sebastian Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence “Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions”.

 

About the Author

Dr. Johanna Luggin is a post-doc researcher in the ERC-funded project "NOSCEMUS - Nova Scientia: Early Modern Science and Latin" in Innsbruck, Austria.

Dr. Sebastian Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence „Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions“.