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Lädt ... The Poetry of Warvon James Anderson Winn
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The title of this book is completely accurate, yet really doesn’t convey the flavor of the contents. Winn shows how some poets used their poems to question basic assumptions behind war while others used “pro-war” ideals such as honor, chivalry, and patriotism to romanticize war and deny its brutality. You don’t have to be a poetry expert to understand this book and it may give you a fresh perspective on current wars. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Poets from Homer to Bruce Springsteen have given voice to the intensity, horror, and beauty of war. The greatest war poets praise the victor while mourning the victim; they honor the dead while raising deep questions about the meaning of honor. Poets have given memorable expression to the personal motives that send men forth to fight: idealism, shame, comradeship, revenge. They have also helped shape the larger ideas that nations and cultures invoke as incentives for warfare: patriotism, religion, empire, chivalry, freedom. The Poetry of War shows how poets have shaped and questioned our basic ideas about warfare. Reading great poetry, Winn argues, can help us make informed political judgments about current wars. From the poems he discusses, readers will learn how soldiers in past wars felt about their experiences, and why poets in many periods and cultures have embraced war as a grand and challenging subject. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)809.19358Literature By Topic History, description and criticism of more than two literatures PoetryKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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