Perspectives on World War I poetry / Robert C. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Robert C., author.

Series:

Literary studies Perspectives on World War I poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American poetry.

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

English poetry.

War poetry, American--History and criticism.

War poetry, American.

War poetry, English--History and criticism.

War poetry, English.

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

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Introducing students to the full range of critical approaches to the poetry of the period, Perspectives on World War I Poetry is an authoritative and accessible guide to the extraordinary variety of international poetic responses to the Great War of 1914-18. Each chapter covers one or more major poets, and guides the reader through close readings of poems from a full range of theoretical perspectives, including: Classical; Formalist; Psychoanalytic; Marxist; Structuralist; Reader-response; New Historicist; Feminist. Including the full text of each poem discussed and poetry from British, North American and Commonwealth writers, the book explores the work of such poets as: Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, Alys Fane Trotter, Eva Dobell, Charlotte Mew, John McCrae, Edward Thomas, Eleanor Farjeon, Margaret Sackville, Sara Teasdale, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, Teresa Hooley, Isaac Rosenberg, Leon Gellert, Marian Allen, Vera Brittain, Margaret Postgate Cole, Wilfred Owen, E.E. Cummings and David Jones."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

1.Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) and A.E. Housman (1859-1936)

2.Alys Fane Trotter (1863-1961) and Eva Dobell (1867-1973)

3.Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) and John McCrae (1872-1918)

4.Edward Thomas (1878-1917) and Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)

5.Margaret Sackville (1881-1963) and Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

6.Siegfried Sassoon

7.Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) and Teresa Hooley (1888-1973)

8.Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) and Leon Gellert (1892-1977)

9.Marian Allen (1892-1953), Vera Brittain (1893-1970), and Margaret Postgate Cole (1893-1980)

10.Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

11.E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) and David Jones (1895-1974)

Afterword:Critical Pluralism Notes

Bibliography

Glossary of Major WWI Poets

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781472506559

1472506553

9781472593979

1472593979

9781472510419

1472510410

OCLC:

944225387