02988nam 2200673Ia 450 991082320000332120240516045609.00-19-157280-2(CKB)2560000000072662(EBL)684617(OCoLC)714569785(SSID)ssj0000473401(PQKBManifestationID)12150552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473401(PQKBWorkID)10436411(PQKB)11015197(MiAaPQ)EBC684617(Au-PeEL)EBL684617(CaPaEBR)ebr10464180(EXLCZ)99256000000007266220090810d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStand in the trench, Achilles classical receptions in British poetry of the Great War /Elizabeth Vandiver1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (476 p.)Classical presencesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-967932-0 0-19-954274-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART I: EDUCATION, CLASS, AND CLASSICS; PART II: REPRESENTING WAR; PART III: DEATH AND REMEMBRANCE; Conclusion; References; General Index; Index LocorumElizabeth Vandiver examines the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Vandiver argues that classics was a crucial source for writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, from working-class poets to those educated in public schools, and for a wide variety of political positions and viewpoints. Poets used references to classics both to support and to opposethe war from its beginning all the way to the Armistice and after. By exploring the importance of classics in the Classical presences.English poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismWorld War, 1914-1918PoetryHistory and criticismWar poetry, EnglishHistory and criticismClassical literatureInfluenceCivilization, ClassicalInfluenceReader-response criticismEnglish poetryHistory and criticism.World War, 1914-1918History and criticism.War poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.Classical literatureInfluence.Civilization, ClassicalInfluence.Reader-response criticism.821/.912093581Vandiver Elizabeth1956-800781MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823200003321Stand in the trench, Achilles4017718UNINA