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Autore: | Kendall Tim <1970-> |
Titolo: | Modern English war poetry [[electronic resource] /] / Tim Kendall |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina: | 821/.9109358 |
Soggetto topico: | War poetry, English - History and criticism |
English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism | |
English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-267) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Thomas Hardy's witness -- Rudyard Kipling's dress parade -- Wilfred Owen's concern -- In pursuit of spring : Edward Thomas and Charlotte Mew -- Ivor Gurney's memory -- W.H. Auden's journeys to war -- Sky-conscious : poetry of the Blitz -- The vision of Keith Douglas -- Self-elegy : Keith Douglas and Sidney Keyes -- Fighting back over the same ground : Ted Hughes and war -- Geoffrey Hill's debts -- The few to profit : poets against war. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Modern English War Poetry ranges widely across the twentieth century, incorporating detailed discussions of some of the most important poets of the period. It emphasizes the influence of war and war poetry even on those poets usually considered in other contexts, such as Ted Hughes and Geoffrey Hill. - ;Tim Kendall's study offers the fullest account to date of a tradition of modern English war poetry. Stretching from the Boer War to the present day, it focuses on many of the twentieth-century's finest poets - combatants and non-combatants alike - and considers how they address the ethical chal |
Titolo autorizzato: | Modern english war poetry |
ISBN: | 1-281-16470-4 |
9786611164706 | |
0-19-153491-9 | |
1-4356-0718-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452302803321 |
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