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'In Defence of the Realm: The Poetry of World Wars I & II; A Critical
Study', is the first book to examine both wars' poetry in one volume, to
the advantage of both. Set against their literary and historical backgrounds
many lesser-known but excellent poets are critically assessed next to the
'known greats' (e.g. Owen & Sassoon, Douglas &Keyes) to show the range
and quality of writing across the services and eras. Comprehensive, challenging
and well-researched, this is a book for lovers of history, poetry and the
esoteric; and for students from A-level to post-graduate level.
Contents
Contents
Dedicated 3
General Introduction. 6
World War 1: Introduction. 12
Chapter 1: 16
Established Writers and Non-Combatants. 16
Chapter 2: 49
"Into cleanness leaping...": 49
Early Patriotism. 49
Chapter 3: 60
Trench Warfare: The Realities. 60
Chapter 4: 87
All Abram's Sons. 87
Chapter 5: 103
Armistice and After. 103
World War II. 118
World War II: Introduction. 119
Chapter 6 121
Established Writers and Non-Combatants. 121
Chapter 7 152
The War in the Air. 152
Chapter 8 217
The War at Sea. 217
Chapter 9 262
The Italian Campaign & Other Fronts. 262
Chapter 10 315
El Alamein; North & East Africa Campaigns. 315
Chapter 11: 376
POWs. 376
Chapter 12 401
The War at Home: 401
Civil Defence, Home Guard, the BBC. 401
Chapter 13 447
Army and Naval Intelligence. 447
Chapter 14 478
Changes in Attitude/Imagery/Prosody Between the Poets
of the Two World Wars. 478
Chapter 15 502
David Jones, In Parenthesis 502
("a shape in words"). 502
Chapter 16 560
Retrospective Perspectives: Larkin, Owen Shears, Ted Hughes,
Ciaran Carson, etc. 560
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 575
Index 579
