Second World War Poetry in English (Paperback)

He argues that the best poetry that came out of the 1939-45 war, while very different from the work of Owen, Rosenberg, Gurney, and their contemporaries, is in no sense inferior. It also has different matters to consider. War in the air, war at sea, war beyond Europe, the politics of Empire, democratic accountability - these are no subjects to be found in the poetry of the Great War. Nor is sex. Nor did American poets have much to say about that war, whereas the Americans Randall Jarrell, Anthony Hecht, and Louis Simpson, are among the greatest English-speaking poets of World War Two. Both Hecht and Simpson write about the Holocaust and its aftermath, as do the English poets, Lotte Kramer and Gerda Mayer. For these reasons among others, Englishspeaking poetry of the Second World War deserves to be valued as work of unique importance.

General

Imprint:	Greenwich Exchange
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2013
Authors:	John Lucas
Dimensions:	210 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-1-906075-78-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	1-906075-78-6
Barcode:	9781906075781

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