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Beyond The Western Front A Study Of Siegfried Sassoon S Poetry
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Author : Prof (Dr) D.Banerjee
language : en
Publisher: KY Publications
Release Date : 2019-06-01
Beyond The Western Front A Study Of Siegfried Sassoon S Poetry written by Prof (Dr) D.Banerjee and has been published by KY Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Dr Dharmadas Banerjee‘s book Beyond the Western Front: A Study of Siegfried Sassoon’s Poetry is an attempt to look ‗beyond‘ the popular evaluation of Sassoon as a War Poet. By the writer‘s own admission he wants to capture Sassoon‘s versatile poetic genius to dispel this popular appraisal. A poet of rare merit Sassoon is also known for his romantic sensibilities. His love for the English countryside is evident in his autobiographical memoirs. His Diaries and letters are a potent source to know about the profound influence that the catastrophic First World War had on him. The author has also tried to focus on Sassoon‘s quest for ―the world undiscovered within us‖ which is discernible in the poems of the later phase of Sassoon‘s poetic career
The Twentieth Century World
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Author : Neil DeMarco
language : en
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Release Date : 1995
The Twentieth Century World written by Neil DeMarco and has been published by Nelson Thornes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Great Britain categories.
Accompanying a pupil's book focusing on the 20th-century world, this teacher's resource guide is part of a series which provides resources that meet the requirements of the revised Key Stage 3 History curriculum. The guide contains additional banks of questions for pupils of different ability-levels, photocopiable worksheets for developing topics in the pupil's book and providing self-contained resources for homework, information on the provenance and background of all sources, and detailed teacher's notes.
Strange Meetings
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Author : Harry Ricketts
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-02-26
Strange Meetings written by Harry Ricketts and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Strange Meetings provides a highly original account of the War Poets of 1914-1918, written through a series of actual encounters, or near-encounters, from Siegfried Sassoon's first, blushing meeting with Rupert Brooke over kidneys and bacon at Eddie Marsh's breakfasts before the war, through famous moments like Sassoon's encouragement of Owen when both are in hospital at the same time; on to the poignant meeting between Edward Thomas's widow and Ivor Gurney in 1932; and the last, strange lunch and 'longish talk' of Sassoon and David Jones in 1964, half a century after the great war began. Among the other poets and writers we encounter are Vera Brittain, Roland Leighton, Robert Graves, Isaac Rosenberg, Robert Nichols and Edmund Blunden. Ricketts's unusual approach allows him to follow their relationships, marking their responses to each other's work and showing how these affected their own poetry - one potent strand, for example, is the profound influence of Brooke, both as a model to follow and a burden to reject. The stories become intensely personal and vivid - we come to know each of the poets, their family and intellectual backgrounds and their very different personalities. And while the accounts of individual lives achieve the imaginative vividness of a novel, they also give us an entirely fresh sense of Georgian poetry, conveying all the excitement and frustration of poetic creation, and demonstrating how the whole notion of what poetry should be 'about' became fractured and changed for ever by the terrible experiences of the war.
Encyclopedia Of British Poetry 1900 To The Present
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Author : James Persoon
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Release Date : 2015-04-22
Encyclopedia Of British Poetry 1900 To The Present written by James Persoon and has been published by Infobase Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-22 with English poetry categories.
Presents a comprehensive A to Z reference with approximately 450 entries providing facts about contemporary British poets, including their major works of poetry, concepts and movements.
Cray To Canada Frank Rodbourne Goes To War
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Author : John Pateman
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-12-13
Cray To Canada Frank Rodbourne Goes To War written by John Pateman and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-13 with History categories.
The story of Frank Rodbourne and his time in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force during the Great War.
Out Of Battle
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Author : J. Silkin
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1998-06-22
Out Of Battle written by J. Silkin and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
The poetry of the Great War is among the most powerful ever written in the English language. Unique for its immediacy and searing honesty, it has made a fundamental contribution to our understanding of and response to war and the suffering it creates. Widely acclaimed as an indispensable guide to the Great War poets and their work, Out of Battle explores in depth the variety of responses from Rupert Brook, Ford Madox Ford, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Issac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas to the events they witnessed. Other poets discussed are Hardy, Kipling, Charles Sorely, Ivor Gurney, Herbert Read, Richard Aldington and David Jones. For the second edition of Out of Battle , a substantial new preface has been added together with an appendix on the unresolved problems concerning the Owen manuscripts. An updated bibliography provides useful guidance for further reading.
Glum Heroes
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Author : Peter Hodgkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-01-24
Glum Heroes written by Peter Hodgkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-24 with categories.
Our vision of the soldier of the Great War is often clouded by sentimentality. 'Glum Heroes' is a portrayal of how the soldiers of 1914-1918 coped with their experiences. Using their own words, the book considers coping from both the standpoint of psychological theory that has stood the test of time, but more importantly, in the context of the cultural norms of those born into the Victorian era. The external coping resources available to soldiers encompassed family and friends. The first was a resource limited by distance, and the central role of correspondence in sustaining contact is explored. The second is often misunderstood. The nature of the comradeship enjoyed on active service mirrored that of the workplace of the early 20th century. The use of modern notions of friendship distorts our understanding of how within its limitations such comradeship was supportive. The two kingpins of the internal resources that facilitated coping on active service include the code of manliness and the stoic emphasis on endurance and management of emotion. The role of these is greatly diminished in the modern world. Similarly, spirituality wove its way into soldiers' coping in ways unfamiliar in the present day. Fear and courage are examined in the light of these coping mechanisms, as is the experience of loss and death on the battlefield. Stripped of sentimentality and viewed without the distorting prism of 21st century preoccupations, the coping mechanisms of Great War soldiers, although very different from our own, were robust and largely effective.
Muse Of Fire World War I As Seen Through The Lives Of The Soldier Poets
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Author : Michael Korda
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2024-04-16
Muse Of Fire World War I As Seen Through The Lives Of The Soldier Poets written by Michael Korda and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-16 with History categories.
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda’s epic Muse of Fire. Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolize the war’s tragic arc and lethal fury. His epic narrative begins with Rupert Brooke, “the handsomest young man in England” and perhaps its most famous young poet in the halcyon days of the Edwardian Age, and ends five years later with Wilfred Owen, killed in action at twenty-five, only one week before the armistice. With bitter irony, Owen’s mother received the telegram informing her of his death on November 11, just as church bells tolled to celebrate the war’s end. Korda’s dramatic account, which includes anecdotes from his own family history, not only brings to life the soldier poets but paints an unforgettable picture of life and death in the trenches, and the sacrifice of an entire generation. His cast of characters includes the young American poet Alan Seeger, who was killed in action as a private in the French Foreign Legion; Isaac Rosenberg, whose parents had fled czarist anti-Semitic persecution and who was killed in action at the age of twenty-eight before his fame as a poet and a painter was recognized; Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon, whose friendship and friendly rivalry endured through long, complicated private lives; and, finally, Owen, whose fame came only posthumously and whose poetry remains some of the most savage and heartbreaking to emerge from the cataclysmic war. As Korda demonstrates, the poets of the First World War were soldiers, heroes, martyrs, victims, their lives and loves endlessly fascinating—that of Rupert Brooke alone reads like a novel, with his journey to Polynesia in pursuit of a life like Gauguin’s and some of his finest poetry written only a year before his tragic death. Muse of Fire is at once a portrait of their lives and a narrative of a civilization destroying itself, among the rubble, shadows, and the unresolved problems of which we still live, from the revival of brutal trench warfare in Ukraine and in the Middle East.
Elusive Dove
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Author : Neil Hollander
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Elusive Dove written by Neil Hollander and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with History categories.
Most histories of World War I revolve around gruesome battles, ribboned generals and feats of military heroism. All too often the acts of those who tried to stop the fighting by word or deed have been drowned out by the roar of cannons. Yet even in the heat of battle individuals of courage stepped forward and attempted to bring the better part of humanity out of darkness and to revive the phoenix of peace. This book tells in detail the stories of these people and their organizations, in Asia, North and South America and Europe. Henry Ford's "peace ship" of December 1915, the famous Christmas truce of 1914, secret diplomatic missions by Austro-Hungarian Prince Sixtus, and myriad other efforts are described, showing that the desire for peace was widespread and fervent.
Shakespeare S Tragedies
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Author : G B Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-11
Shakespeare S Tragedies written by G B Harrison and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 1951. G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of his people. The plays covered are: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens.