A history of World War One poetry / edited by Jane Potter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potter, Jane (Lecturer), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Poetry--History and criticism.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.

War poetry--History and criticism.

War poetry.

European poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

European poetry.

Poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Poetry, Modern.

Comparative literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 561 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Situating First World War poetry in a truly global context, this book reaches beyond the British soldier-poet canon. A History of World War One Poetry examines popular and literary, ephemeral and enduring poems that the cataclysm of 1914-1918 inspired. Across Europe, poets wrestled with the same problem: how to represent a global conflict, dominated by modern technology, involving millions of combatants and countless civilians. For literary scholars this has meant discovering and engaging with the work of men and women writing in other languages, on other fronts, and from different national perspectives. Poems are presented in their original languages and in English translations, some for the very first time, while a Coda reflects on the study and significance of First World War poetry in the wake of the Centenary. A History of World War One Poetry offers a new perspective on the literary and human experience of 1914-1918.

Contents:

The poetic marketplace / Vincent Trott

Poetic tradition and innovation : Georgians and others / Alisa Miller

Poetic avant-garde : modernism and little magazines / Alex Goody

Poetic cultural exchange : continental European literary scene / Ann-Marie Einhaus

Poetic form and language / Sandie Byrne

Germany and Austria-Hungary / Karen Leeder

Czech war poetry / Zuzana Říhová

France / Nicolas Beaupré

Belgium / Geert Buelens

Great Britain / Stuart D Lee

Ireland / Gerald Dawe

Russia / Katharine Hodgson

Serbia / Dunja Dušanić

USA / Hazel Hutchison

Italy / Amy Boylan

South Africa / Gerhard Genis

Australia and New Zealand / Harry Ricketts

Canada / Joel Baetz

South Asian poetry / Santanu Das

Non-combatant and others / Carol Acton

Edward Thomas (1878-1917) / Guy Cuthbertson

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) / Laurence Campa

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) and Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) / John Greening

Anna Akhmatova (1886-1966) / Alexandra Harrington

Mary Borden (1886-1968) / Angela K. Smith

Georg Trakl (1887-1914) / Rüdiger Gröner

Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) / Jean Liddiard

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) / Philip Lancaster

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) / Jane Potter

David Jones (1895-1974) / Thomas Dilworth

Coda: Legacies of World War One poetry / Jane Potter.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009120098 (ebook)

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