National Poetry, Empires and War

National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series of historical, social and political perspectives. Many national poets are the subject of countless critical and biographical studies, but this book aims to give a panoramic view of national poetry as a whole. It will be of great interest to any scholars of nationalism, Jewish Studies, history, comparative literature, and general cultural studies.

List of contents

Introduction: Unacknowledged Legislators: National Poets, Prophets and Revolution 1. National Poetry and the Hebrew Bible: War and the Messianic Age 2. Mythical History in National Poetry 3. European National Poetry, Islam and the Defeat of the Medieval Church 4. Medieval Spanish Hebrew National Poetry 5. Poetry of the British Isles: History, Myth, and Nationalism 6. The Greek War of Independence and Its Poetry 7. National Poetry and Russian-Ottoman Imperial Conflict 8. Byron to D’Annunzio: From Liberalism to Fascism in National Poetry, 1789-1933 9. Walt Whitman, American Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1848-49 10. The Poet as Nation-Builder: Yeats and Bialik 11. Defeat and Independence Struggles in National Poetry 12. The British Empire and Revolutionary National Poetry Conclusion: National Poetry, Morality and Individual Creativity

About the author

David Aberbach is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, McGill University, Montreal. He has held visiting positions at Oxford, the LSE, UCL, and Harvard. His work bridges the arts and social sciences, as seen in his current book on national poetry and also in previous books, on loss and on charisma.

Product details

• Authors: David Aberbach, David (Mcgill University Aberbach, Aberbach David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9781138805347
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80534-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Poetry, HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, military history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval