
Poetry Of The Second World War
Desmond Graham(Author)
Pimlico (Publisher)
Published on 2. July 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7126-7337-2 (ISBN)
Description
Poetry of the Second World War brings to light a neglected chapter in world literature. In its chorus of haunting poetic voices, over a hundred of the most articulate minds of their generation record the true experience of the 1939-45 conflict, and its unending consequences. In keeping with its subject, it has an international scope, with poems from over twenty countries, including Japan, Australia, Europe, America and Russia; poems in which human responses echo each other across boundaries of culture and state. Auden, Brecht, Stevie Smith, Primo Levi, Zbigniew Herbert and Anna Akhmatova are set alongside the eloquence of unknown poets. The anthology has been arranged to bring out the chronological and cumulative human experience of the war: pre-war fears, air raids, the boredom, fear and camaraderie of military life; battle, occupation and resistance; surviving and the aftermath. Here at last, are the poems of the Holocaust, the Blitz, Hiroshima; of soldiers, refugees and disrupted lives. What emerges is a poetry capable of conveying the vast and terrible sweep of war.
Reviews / Votes
A book that can sit with authority on our shelves as a haunting testimony to the Second World War. -- Frances Spalding * Daily Telegraph * A wonderfully rich anthology -- Vernon Scannell * Scotsman *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
348 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7126-7337-2 (9780712673372)
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Desmond Graham
Poetry Of The Second World War
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05/2011
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Vintage Digital
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Person
Desmond Graham teaches English at the University of Newcastle. He is the author of Keith Douglas: 1920-1944, a much acclaimed biography; he has also written two volumes of poetry, The Lie of Horizons and The Marching Bands.