LEADER 03025nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910465502503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-157280-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000072662 035 $a(EBL)684617 035 $a(OCoLC)714569785 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000473401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12150552 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10436411 035 $a(PQKB)11015197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464180 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000072662 100 $a20090810d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStand in the trench, Achilles$b[electronic resource] $eclassical receptions in British poetry of the Great War /$fElizabeth Vandiver 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (476 p.) 225 1 $aClassical presences 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-967932-0 311 $a0-19-954274-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Introduction; PART I: EDUCATION, CLASS, AND CLASSICS; PART II: REPRESENTING WAR; PART III: DEATH AND REMEMBRANCE; Conclusion; References; General Index; Index Locorum 330 $aElizabeth Vandiver examines the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Vandiver argues that classics was a crucial source for writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, from working-class poets to those educated in public schools, and for a wide variety of political positions and viewpoints. Poets used references to classics both to support and to opposethe war from its beginning all the way to the Armistice and after. By exploring the importance of classics in the 410 0$aClassical presences. 606 $aEnglish poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPoetry$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWar poetry, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aClassical literature$xInfluence 606 $aCivilization, Classical$xInfluence 606 $aReader-response criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWar poetry, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aClassical literature$xInfluence. 615 0$aCivilization, Classical$xInfluence. 615 0$aReader-response criticism. 676 $a821/.912093581 700 $aVandiver$b Elizabeth$f1956-$0800781 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465502503321 996 $aStand in the trench, Achilles$92108863 997 $aUNINA