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Focuses on the present condition of American literature. Disinterest in literature among young authors; Reasons for disinterest among middle aged American authors; Involvement of American authors in the war; Discussion on the reaction against social literature after the First World War; Opinion that the social movement among writers reached it highest point in 1937; Information on the pamphlet called "Writer Take Sides," published by the League of American Writers, which was campaigning for the Loyalists; Information on the novels published during the social realism of 1930's; Suggestion of an experiment for training writers; Domination of the American literature by the writers who came of age during or shortly after the First World War; Information on such writers.

Presents revaluation of various writers who began their career between 1911 and 1920. Inspiration for the labor literature from books like "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair and "Martin Eden," by Jack London; Fate of writers like jack London, Jack Reed and Walter Lippmann; Maintenance of the socialist tradition by young writers like Dos Passos and Michael Gold; Comments on the contents of the novel titled "Dark Laughter," by Sherwood Anderson; Recommendations of listening to the wise voices of the body; Development of a literature that is cosmopolitan, weary, witty and aristocratic; Emergence of a group of writers who believed in presenting the real face of the American middle class; Evolution of a new brand of writers who marched forward arm in arm against the old standards of life and culture; Information on plays like "Emperor Jones" and "Anna Christie" which have made themselves part of the American heritage; Impact of the war on American literature; Alienation of young writers from the realm of American society.

An interview with an American author Viet Thanh Nguyen is presented. He talks about novels which had been written about the Vietnam War and centering an approach from Vietnamese perspectives in his novel. He states that he has drew his life experience growing up in a Vietnamese American community. He mentions that "The Sympathizer" can't be categorized simply as a war novel.

Focuses on the nationalist literature in Germany. Information on the book "All Quiet on the Western Front"; Impact of the books, glorifying the heroic needs of the war, on German youth; Comparison of the interests of German boys with those of American youth; Information on Ernst Junger, a German author; Impact of the books by Junger, on youngsters; Information on the life of Ernst von Salomon, an author; Information on his book "The Outlaws," which describes informative story on the violence in Germany; Dissatisfaction of Salomon with the Nazi Party; Role played by various authors in psychological preparation of the Second World War.

This article presents information on various literary works such as books, magazines, volumes, etc. which are published in June 1870. These all are collectively taken as a part of June magazines, exploring the inner history of war. First considered writings of Jeremiah Black's "Galaxy" which deals with Senator Edmund Wilson's eulogy of secretary of war, Edwin McMasters Stanton. It further contains an special article on protoplasm, "Old and New," by Francis Tiffany. Fourteen or fifteen pages of reviewing at the end of the magazine make the best part of the June 1870 issue of the "Atlantic." The book-notices, however, have redeeming power, although there is no doubt that the level on which they were kept while they were the work of a single hand is hardly maintained now that there are several writers at work.

The article discusses war literature. "The China-Japan War," and "The Japan-China War," are largely compilations, and both are drawn mainly from Japanese sources. The first, whose author adopts the pseudonym of Vladimir, is of greater permanent value, giving a clear and consecutive narrative of the war, as well as of the circumstances leading up to it and of the various negotiations that led to its close and the establishment of peace. The illustrations are very poor, and in this respect, the second work is of much superior quality.

Looks into the role of the writer and poet in the second world war. Inadequacy of the words of a poet in times of war; Excerpt from war poems; Analysis of how a poet will view the war and what kind sentiments regarding the war will be cited in his poems; Objective behind the creation of the Writers' War Board in the United States; Challenges facing a poet involved in war when writing regarding that war.

The article presents information on the problems faced by the writers in writing a political fiction that would generate the interest of readers in it. It informs that a political fiction usually discusses about a social or cultural issue which has caused or causing a great turmoil in a country. It also informs that the literary work on wars is unique as it has its specificcauses, horrifying events and its own vocabulary, technology, and cultural soundtrack.

Mentions several books containing American war memoirs. 'Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles,' by Anthony Swofford; 'The Boys' Crusade,' by Paul Fussell; 'Encyclopedia of American War Literature,' co-edited by Mark Graves; 'Poets of World War II,' edited by Harvey Shapiro; Discussion of Swofford's book.

This article focuses on some authors' imagination on war-as-history. The author emphasizes on Eric Partridge recollection that he is not talking about the experience of war. When Partridge wrote "War which, next to love," he was not thinking about history or the classics he was thinking of the symbolic forces that move and perhaps explain the lives, the primal myths of the world's imagination. War enacts the great antagonisms of history, the agons of nations. The imagination's wars are more than conflict--they are also the occasions of imagined action, of heroism and personal victory.

Presents information on a letter written to the wife of Salvador P. Lopez, a writer. Information on murder of the writer by the Japanese; Efforts of the writer's wife going to the mountains to finish of Lopez work; Focus on literature by Lopez, that was on peasants; Information on personality of Lopez; Focus on the book "Literature and Society," by Lopez; Report on Lopez who first achieved the needed articulation of social ideas in the Philippines; Emotions of the author towards the writer; Comparison of the writer to heroism of a solider in war; Efforts of the author in working towards democratic society; Information on wishes of the author on the free U.S. regardless of color, station and beliefs; Focus on the U.S. being a place of various races and types of people; Expression of patriotism by the author for the U.S.; Information on Lopez, who wanted to abolish tenantry; Opinion of the author on Japan being common enemy of Philippines and the U.S.

The article presents the author's comments on the German literature. To understand present-day German literature it is necessary to go back a generation. According to the author, it is the misfortune of the writers of today that war and revolution actually came. Furthermore, Germany lies half-way between East and West and today more than ever is forced to choose between them. The radical critic says that it is for you to mold the memory of the war, and to carry out the revolution in literature. Today all problems touch all mankind; and the bourgeoisie with its smashed ideals is no longer mankind. Its humanism is an anachronism, as is the whole European tradition of culture and art.

The article discusses World War literature. To date, most post-war literature has been directed, consciously or unconsciously, to the small group of experts who are already in agreement on major policies. The much larger section of the general public that is most susceptible to isolationist propaganda has been neglected. Yet, this is the group that was primarily responsible for the failure of the last peace and bears the closest watching today. It is they who are most in need both of information and of the regimen of orderly thinking on post-war issues.

The article discusses books and authors. War has shaped much of the world's fiction for two generations. The recent "little wars" in Asia, however, coming after a decade of genocide and bearing the threat of atomic annihilation, have produced a new literature of shifting realities. The essentially romantic nihilism of the First World War no longer exists, and even the horror of the second has become obsolete. As reflected in fiction, three primary positions remain to men within the frame of "little war." The first of these is seen in "The Sword of God," René Hardy's novel of the struggle for Indo-China.

This article presents information on books published during the year 1916. Some of them are as follows: "In the Field," by M. Dupont; "The Bright Eyes of Danger," by J. Foster; "The Human Boy and the War," E. Phillpotts; "Dante: How to Know Him," by A.M. Brooks; "Peeps into the Psychic World," by M. MacDonald Crawford; "Holland's Influence on English Language and Literature," by T. DeVries; "Essays in Experimental Logic," J. Dewey; "Introduction to the Study of Organized Labor in America," by G.G. Groat; " The Soldier Boy," by C.L. Hind; "Modern Europe: 1789-1914," by S. Herbert; "A Community Arithmetic," by B. Hunt; and "Textbook of Land Drainage," by J.A. Jeffery.

The article presents the memories of Kurt Vonnegut. He is remembered as a person who had a profound hatred of war, a class-conscious to the bone, an agnostic who expressed his agnosticism through wry humor laced with bitterness and a person amused at the pretensions of capitalism. His first novel contained bitter-comic commentaries on war as he could not abide to the slaughter in Vietnam. He spoke blatantly against the Vietnam War, Gulf War and the present Iraq war. His successive writings became more personal.

Relates the efforts of Ken Lopez in establishing his buy and sell business of rare books about the Vietnam War and American postwar fiction; Impact of Lopez's evasion of the Vietnam war draft on his fascination over the subject; Inclination to buy books authored by Philip Caputo, Michael Herr, Tim. O'Brien, Jerome Klinkowitz and Jerome Somer; Recognition of the potential profit of selling books through dealers; Existence of a market niche for books about the Vietnam War.

This article reprints an excerpt from an article regarding Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse-Five," on the occasion of his death in April 2007. The novel was published in 1967 and catapulted Vonnegut to fame after years of marginal success. The book was a fictionalized account of his own experiences in World War II.

Presents information on the Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience literary program from the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to gather stories from U.S. troops and their families. Participation of authors Tom Clancy and Mark Bowden in the program; Goal of the program; Use of letters sent home by troops who were not able to make notes. INSET: Finding peace -- through the pen.

Discusses the influence that several authors have had on language and cultural awareness. Significance of Oscar Wilde, Vivian Gornick, C.L.R. James, and Herman Melville; Importance of past legacies of writers on the subject of war; Need for writing during a time of war; How writing heightens our critical intelligence.