Points of Honor: Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine - Couverture souple

Boyd, Thomas Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817359117 ISBN 13 : 9780817359119

Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2018

Synopsis

A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.

Points of Honor: Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine is based on author Thomas Alexander Boyd's personal experiences as an enlisted Marine. First published in 1925 and long out of print, this edition rescues from obscurity a vivid, kaleidoscopic vision of American soldiers, US Marines mostly, serving in a global conflict a century ago. It is a true forgotten masterpiece of World War I literature.

The stories in Points of Honor deal almost entirely with Marines in the midst of battle--or faced with the consequences of military violence. The eleven stories in this collection offer a panoramic view of war experience and its aftermath, what Boyd described as "a mass of more human happenings." The themes are often antiheroic: dehumanization, pettiness, betrayal by loved ones at home, and the cruelty of military justice. But Boyd's vision also accommodates courage and loyalty. Like all great works of war literature, this collection underscores the central paradox of armed conflict--its ability to bring out both the best and worst in human beings.

This reissue of Points of Honor is edited, annotated, and introduced by Steven Trout. Trout provides an overview of Thomas Boyd's war experience and writing career and situates the stories within the broader context of World War I American literature.

Points of Honor received strong reviews at the time of its initial publication and remains an overwhelming reading experience today. While each of the stories is a freestanding work of art, when read together they carry the force of a novel.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Alexander Boyd (1898-1935) was a Marine veteran of World War I and the author of the novel Through the Wheat (1923), widely regarded as one of the finest depictions of combat in American literature. Boyd also wrote historical fiction and biographies of figures such as General "Mad" Anthony Wayne and "Light Horse" Harry Lee, the father of Robert E. Lee.

Steven Trout is the chair of the Department of English and codirector of the Center for the Study of War and Memory at the University of South Alabama. He is the author of On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941 and coeditor of World War I in American Fiction: An Anthology of Short Stories.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817359117
• ISBN 13: 9780817359119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Trout Steven
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