Twentieth-Century War Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781403913166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 188 str.

Philippa Lyon

Opis

This Readers' Guide examines the genesis and development of the important genre of war poetry in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the role of the two world wars on the literary and cultural construction of a 'war poetry' category. The Guide draws upon a range of key historical and contemporary critical responses, from poetic memoir and journalism to sophisticated academic criticism, to demonstrate the rich diversity of expectations and evaluations elicited by the developing genre.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART ONE: What Do We Mean By War Poetry? Navigating the Genre.- Exploring the Literary and Cultural Status of War Poetry Today.- The Relationship of War Poetry to the Canon.- Poetry and Representation of Wars.- War Poetry and the Biographical.- Selectivity, 'Packaging' and Publication.- PART TWO: First World War.- Literary Context and the War Poetry Tradition.- Patriotism, Propaganda and Protest.- Dissemination and Reception.- PART THREE: The Inter-War Years.- Key Contexts.- The 'War Poets' Emerge.- The Developing Genre: Theory, Subject and Form.- Spanish Civil War.- PART FOUR: Second World War.- Cultural and Critical Positioning.- Anthologies and the Poetry 'Boom'.- Civilisation and its Discontents.-PART FIVE: Post-1945 Critical Paths.- Militarism, Patriotism and the Naturalisation of War.- The Peace Movement and Democratic and Pedagogic Approaches.- The Influence of Cultural Historicism and Feminism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

PHILIPPA LYON is completing her PhD thesis on Second World War poetry at the University of Sussex.

Blurb

Poets have written about wars throughout the twentieth century - questioning, protesting and, sometimes, celebrating the nature and purpose of conflict. Attracting an enthusiastic popular readership, war poetry has often been seen as a way of remembering and re-imagining wars. Today, war poems are not only part of our memorial culture, on epitaphs and in Remembrance Day services, but have inspired books and films and become studied widely around the world.

This Guide examines the genesis and development of the important genre of war poetry in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the role of the two world wars in the literary and cultural construction of a 'war poetry' category. Philippa Lyon draws upon a range of key historical and contemporary critical responses, from poetic memoir and journalism to sophisticated academic criticism, to demonstrate the rich diversity of expectations and evaluations elicited by the developing genre.