This anthology combines poetry with substantial introductory material. Demonstrating the full range and diversity of the writing which came out of both world wars, it includes selections from established and lesser-known poets. Among them are Wilfred Owen, HD, Isaac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, Alun Lewis, Hamish Henderson, Sorley Maclean, David Jones and Herbert Read. The anthology also includes prose extracts from, among others, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Robert Graves, Edgell Rickword and Stephen Spender. Featherstone's seven introductory chapters challenge the dominance of the English...
This anthology combines poetry with substantial introductory material. Demonstrating the full range and diversity of the writing which came out of bot...
A comprehensive anthology of war poetry including seven invaluable introductory chapters, this text provides a wide range of material, from both well- and lesser-known poets. The poems, culture and wider theories of the genre are discussed.
A comprehensive anthology of war poetry including seven invaluable introductory chapters, this text provides a wide range of material, from both well-...
We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. Images of Ageing: Cultural Representations of Later Life changes this. The contributors discuss images of ageing which have come to circulate in the advanced industrial societies today. They address themes such as: body and self image in everyday interaction; experience and identity on old age; advertising and consumer culture images of the elderly;...
We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almo...
