The nation's cause : French, English, and German poetry of the First World War / Elizabeth A. Marsland
London ; New York : Routledge, 1991. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #410498
ISBN: 0415054605
Physical description; 284 pp. Contents; 1. They all write poetry : the poems and their context -- 2. Heilig Vaterland : nationalism and national image -- 3. We serve you best : the promoting of mass heroism -- 4. Cruel thy sword : the war against words -- 5. Laissez-les donc dormir : protest against the heroic ethic -- 6. A few alone : readers, non-readers and protest -- 7. Men would gather sense : non-propagandist poetry of combatants -- 8. Relics for the present : poems and history. Subjects; World War (1914-1918). War poetry History and criticism. War poetry, French History and criticism. War poetry, German History and criticism. World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain Literature and the war. World War, 1914-1918 France Literature and the war. Political poetry, French 1900-1945. French poetry 1900-1945 Politics in. Germany Literature and the war. Poetry in European languages Critical studies. Poetry Special subjects Wars.
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