The mourner's song
American War poetry
War poetry
Memory in literature
War in literature
Homer
Epic poetry, history and criticism
Trojan War
Greek Epic poetry
Literature and the war
American literature, history and criticism
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Influence
American literature
History and criticism
"In The Mourner's Song, James Tatum offers incisive discussions of physical and literary memorials constructed in the wake of war, from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the writings of Stephen Crane, Edmund Wilson, Tim O'Brien, and Robert Lowell.". "Tatum's touchstone throughout is the Iliad, not j…
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