Stand in the Trench, Achilles

Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical, Nonfiction, History
Cover of the book Stand in the Trench, Achilles by Elizabeth Vandiver, OUP Oxford
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Author: Elizabeth Vandiver ISBN: 9780191609213
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: February 18, 2010
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Vandiver
ISBN: 9780191609213
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: February 18, 2010
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English

Elizabeth Vandiver examines the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Vandiver argues that classics was a crucial source for writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, from working-class poets to those educated in public schools, and for a wide variety of political positions and viewpoints. Poets used references to classics both to support and to oppose the war from its beginning all the way to the Armistice and after. By exploring the importance of classics in the poetry of the First World War, Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

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Elizabeth Vandiver examines the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Vandiver argues that classics was a crucial source for writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, from working-class poets to those educated in public schools, and for a wide variety of political positions and viewpoints. Poets used references to classics both to support and to oppose the war from its beginning all the way to the Armistice and after. By exploring the importance of classics in the poetry of the First World War, Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

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