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First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
Introduction, Part I Discussions 1 War and British Culture 1914-82 2 Englishness 3 Popular Culture 4 Politics 5 British Cultures I: Provincial Intellectuals and Jewish Radicals 6 British Cultures II: Scottish Cultures and Poets in Exile 7 Gender Part II Poetry; IVOR GURNEY 1890-1937; WILFRED OWEN 1893-1918; POEMS FROM THE Ilkeston Pioneer AND THE Ilkeston Advertiser; ISAAC ROSENBERG 1890-1917; DAVID JONES 1895-1974; H.D. (HILDA DOOLITTLE) 1886-1961; HERBERT READ 1893-1968; SORLEY MACLEAN (SOMHAIRLE MACGILL EAIN) 1911-; ALUN LEWIS 1915-44; HAMISH HENDERSON 1919-; KEITH DOUGLAS 1920-44; CAIRO POETS: TERENCE TILLER 1916-85 AND G. S. FRASER 1915-80; Part III Prose; BERTRAND RUSSELL 1872-1970; HERBERT READ 1893-1968; ROBERT GRAVES 189s-1985; ISRAEL ZANGWILL 1864-1926; DAVID JONES 189s-1974; VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882-1941; EDGELL RICK WORD 1898-1982; MONTAGU SLATER 1902-56; KEITH DOUGLAS 1920-44; ARTHUR KOESTLER 1905-83; STEPHEN SPENDER 1909-; G. S. FRASER 191s-80; ROBIN FEDDEN 1908-77.
About the author
Simon Featherstone is Senior Lecturer in English at Anglia Polytechnic University.
Summary
War Poetry is a major new anthology of poetry combined with substantial introductory material. Demonstrating the full range and diversity of the writing which came out of both world wars, War Poetry includes selections from established and lesser-known poets. Among them are: * Wilfred Owen * HD * Isaac Rosenberg * Ivor Gurney * Alun Lewis * Hamish Henderson * Sorley Maclean * David Jones * Herbert Read The anthology also includes prose extracts from, among others: * Virginia Woolf * Bertrand Russell * Robert Graves * Edgell Rickword * Stephen Spender Featherstone's seven introductory chapters are invaluable for students and lovers of the genre, challenging the dominance of the English officer poets in the canon and providing exciting new ways of reading the poems. War Poetry is the first collection to provide such a wide range of material and such a clear and thorough guidance to the poems. It offers a new perspective on both poetry as a genre and the place of war poetry in contemporary culture.
