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Fighting songs and warring words : popular lyrics of two world wars / Brian Murdoch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
- Murdoch B Staff, Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War poetry--History and criticism.
- War poetry.
- World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Intype, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The accepted canon of war poetry usually includes only those underlining patriotic or nationalistic views. This study opens up the view of war poetry with the inclusion of such material as Nazi poetry and song, and the poetry of the atomic bomb.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; GOOD WAR POETRY?; WE HATE AS ONE: POEMS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR; WHEN THIS BLEEDING WAR IS OVER: SONGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR; TOMORROW THE WHOLE WORLD: FASCISM AND THE LYRIC; THERE IS NO NEED FOR ALARM: POEMS OF THE ALLIES, 1939 45; MY LILLI OF THE LAMPLIGHT: SONGS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; WORLD WAR THREE BLUES: THE LYRIC AND AUGUST 1945; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: London; New York : Routledge, 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-96904-X
- 1-280-33516-5
- 1-134-96905-8
- 0-203-32735-7
- 0-203-00792-1
- 9780203007921
- OCLC:
- 61494799
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