Stand in the trench, Achilles : classical receptions in British poetry of the Great War /
"Stand in the Trench, Achilles examines the range of classical receptions in British poetry of the First World War. Elizabeth Vandiver considers poets from a wide social spectrum and discusses the ways in which they refigured classical literature. Vandiver demonstrates that classics and its pre...
| Основен автор: | Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Серия: |
Classical presences.
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Print version::
Stand in the trench, Achilles. |
Съдържание:
- Education, class, and classics. 'Sed miles, sed pro patria': classics and public-school culture ; 'Like the Roman in brave days of old': middle-and working-class classics
- Representing war. 'The riches of a Spartan soul': duty, honour, glory, and sacrifice ; 'The heroes stir in their lone beds': the second Trojan war
- Death and remembrance. 'Yet many a better one has died before': Deaths imagined ; 'Their doom was glorious': commemoration and remembrance.