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Oxford University Press Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War (Classical Presences)

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Ancient History & Civilisation

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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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Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0199542740
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 February 2010
Listed Since: 29 May 2009

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