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- Title
War and the Pity of War: Joseph Heller's Catch-22.
- Authors
Ghosh, Nibir K.
- Abstract
War has been a recurrent theme in literary works both in the West and the East since time immemorial. Homer's Iliad and Vyasa's The Mahabharata are outstanding examples. The magnitude of destruction caused by modern warfare is unprecedented. In the 20th century, war poets in England and novelists like Stephen Crane in the US attempted to present the madness of war. But it is Joseph Heller, himself a participant in the mindless war, who evokes the utter madness of war waged by ruthless politicians with the help of capricious selfseeking military bureaucrats. In this paper, an attempt is made to show the sane effort of Yessaman to escape from the madness of war waged to pursue a causeless cause and survive, when dying is utterly meaningless.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; UNITED States; HELLER, Joseph, 1923-1999; CATCH-22 (Book : Heller); TIME immemorial (Law); CRANE, Stephen, 1871-1900; ILIAD of Homer; POLITICIANS
- Publication
IUP Journal of English Studies, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 2, p51
- ISSN
0973-3728
- Publication type
Literary Criticism