On War and Writing

by Samuel Hynes

"In our imaginations, war is the name we give to the extremes of violence in our lives, the dark dividing opposite of the connecting myth, which we call love. War enacts the great antagonisms of history, the agonies of nations; but it also offers metaphors for those other antagonisms, the private battles of our private lives, our conflicts with one another and with the world, and with ourselves."

Samuel Hynes knows war personally:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646878X
• ISBN13: 9780226468785
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"