It's Turmoil
Monday July 17, 2006
With all the turmoil in the Middle East, it's time again to look at wars and terrorism in literature. What have writers said about violence, terror and death?
In An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, W.B. Yeats writes:
"I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love..."
Do you have a favorite work of literature about war (or peace)?
Comments
Catch-22 says everything you need to know about war… Yossarian is my hero!
HAROLD PINTAR is my hero. Read DEATH, ETC.
Thank you for the lines from Yeats. Marvelous.
I love Remarque’s works best of all about war.
You reminded me of my favorite poem, “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy. I especially love the last line,
“Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You’d treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown.”