In the run-up to, during and after the invasion of Iraq a large number of literary texts addressing that context were produced, circulated and viewed as taking a position for or against the invasion, or contributing political insights. This book provides an in-depth survey of such texts to examine what they reveal about the condition of literature.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Making War: Introduction ‘Laws’ for Poets: Poetry Anthologies Exacting World: Individual Poetry Collections To Smash the Mirror: Theatre A Joint Enterprise: Fiction Windows into Life-Worlds: Blogs and Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index
About the author
SUMAN GUPTA Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University, UK, and currently Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University. Recent books include
The Theory and Reality of Democracy: A Case Study in Iraq (2006),
Social Constructionist Identity Politics and Literary Studies (2007), and
Literature and Globalization (2009).
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