Essays about: "war poetry"

Found 5 essays containing the words war poetry.

  1. 1. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2023]
    Keywords : 20th Century war-poets; Alan Alexander Milne; Winnie-the-pooh; The Great War; soldiers; pacifism;

    Abstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Poet as Hero : A Study of the Clash Between the Hero and the First World War in British Trench Poetry, and Its Use in the Swedish School System Within the Subject of English.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Carl Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : The Great War; The First World War; First World War Poetry; The hero in the First World War; Siegfried Sassoon; Wilfred Owen; Rupert Brooke; Trench Poetry; Poetry; First World War poetry in the Swedish education system; Heroes; Heroism; The hero in poetry; The hero as weapon; New Historicism; Critical Literature Pedagogy.;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the clash between the hero and the First World War in the works of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. It explores the impact on their poetry and attitude towards the concept of the hero as it applied to them as people and poets. READ MORE

  4. 3. “The War for the Imagination” : Author Representations of the UK Public Library Service in an Age of Austerity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Anna Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Public library; librarians; public library development; public debate; United Kingdom; authors; austerity; Big Society; public library closures; funding cuts; field theory; four-space model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores author texts on public libraries in the United Kingdom between the years 2010 and 2018. The texts appear in a national public debate about the value, purpose and direction of the library service following a significant number of library closures and funding cuts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Forever England : Nationalism and the War Poetry of Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon

    University essay from Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Blomqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : nationalism; war poetry; brooke; sassoon; first world war;

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  6. 5. “Med istidens utdødde stemme” A Contextual Introduction to Tor Ulven’s Poetry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Magnús Sigurðsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Tor Ulven; poetry; Paul Celan; Giacomo Leopardi; Gunnar Björling; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The following paper discusses the ideological and aesthetic contexts discernible in the poetry of the Norwegian author Tor Ulven (1953–1995). Generally considered the major Norwegian poet to emerge after the Second World War, Tor Ulven was, in his own self-taught way, a “poeta doctus,” although his extensive knowledge – of European literary traditions, languages, philosophy, music and paintings – rarely if ever burdened his knife-sharp poetic images. READ MORE