A Guardian article argues that critical praise for sexist male authors valorizes patriarchal attitudes.
Tag Archives: Norman Mailer
Is Sexist Lit Gaslighting Women?
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Great Pro-War Literature Doesn’t Exist
In which I argue that great pro-war literature doesn’t exist, including “The iliad” and “War and Peace.” (Both works are magnificent; I just don’t see them as pro-war.)
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Charge of the Light Brigade", Alfred Lord Tennyson, anti-war literature, Catch 22, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Homer, Iliad, Joseph Heller, Leo Tolstoy, Naked and the Dead, Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, war, War and Peace Comments closed
