Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story
- The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Histories
- Chapter 7 The War Story
- Chapter 8 Narratives from Below
- Chapter 9 The Short Story and the Popular Imagination
- Chapter 10 Love What You Do
- Chapter 11 Local Color to Multiculturalism
- Part III People and Places
- Part IV Theories
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
- References
Chapter 7 - The War Story
from Part II - Histories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story
- The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Histories
- Chapter 7 The War Story
- Chapter 8 Narratives from Below
- Chapter 9 The Short Story and the Popular Imagination
- Chapter 10 Love What You Do
- Chapter 11 Local Color to Multiculturalism
- Part III People and Places
- Part IV Theories
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
- References
Summary
This chapter examines the origins and development of the “War Story” as a subgenre of American short fiction. It argues that the “War Story” evolved out of the Civil War and the subsequent flowering of realism, which influenced this subgenre both stylistically and philosophically. This chapter explores the major iterations of the “War Story” and documents its adaptation by writers such as Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and Tim O’Brien.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story , pp. 117 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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