The price of pity
poetry, history, and myth in the Great War
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL858306M
- ISBN-100850524504
- OCLC Control Number34326327
- OCLC Control Numberpriceofpitypoetr0000step
- Library of Congress Control Number95140487
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- Goodreads116962
- LibraryThing2684467
Classifications
- DDC821.91209358
- LCCPR605.W65 S74 1996
Description
The Price of Pity examines the various myths that have grown up around the war. It explores the historical and sociological myths of the Edwardian Summer, the supposedly banal nature poetry of the prewar Georgian poets and the image of the British public schools as factories for unthinking cannon-fodder. It analyses the top command of the British Army and the idea that the British were 'lions led by donkeys'. Using contemporary material, it examines the life, mood and morale of junior officers and private soldiers. It offers partial revaluation of the work of the most famous trench poets and examines in detail poetry from lesser-known authors, together with the work of authors not usually associated with the war.
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