A History of World War One Poetry

A History of World War One Poetry offers a new perspective on the literary and human experience of 1914-1918.

Jane Potter (Edited by)

9781009100649, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 January 2023

425 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 3.7 cm, 0.95 kg

Situating First World War poetry in a truly global context, this book reaches beyond the British soldier-poet canon. A History of World War One Poetry examines popular and literary, ephemeral and enduring poems that the cataclysm of 1914-1918 inspired. Across Europe, poets wrestled with the same problem: how to represent a global conflict, dominated by modern technology, involving millions of combatants and countless civilians. For literary scholars this has meant discovering and engaging with the work of men and women writing in other languages, on other fronts, and from different national perspectives. Poems are presented in their original languages and in English translations, some for the very first time, while a Coda reflects on the study and significance of First World War poetry in the wake of the Centenary. A History of World War One Poetry offers a new perspective on the literary and human experience of 1914-1918.

Introduction Jane Potter
Part I. Literary Contexts
1. The Poetic Marketplace Vincent Trott
2. Poetic Tradition and Innovation: Georgians and Others Alisa Miller
3. Poetic Avant-Garde: Modernism and Little Magazines Alex Goody
4. Poetic Cultural Exchange: Continental European Literary Scene Ann-Marie Einhaus
5. Poetic Form and Language Sandie Byrne
Part II. Nations and Voices
6. Germany and Austria-Hungary Karen Leeder
7. Czech War Poetry Zuzana ?íhová
8. France Nicolas Beaupré
9. Belgium Geert Buelens
10. Great Britain Stuart D Lee
11. Ireland Gerald Dawe
12. Russia Katharine Hodgson
13. Serbia Dunja Dušani?
14. USA Hazel Hutchison
15. Italy Amy Boylan
16. South Africa Gerhard Genis
17. Australia and New Zealand Harry Ricketts
18. Canada Joel Baetz
19. South Asian Poetry Santanu Das
Part III. Poets
20. Non-combatant and Others Carol Acton
21. Edward Thomas (1878-1917) Guy Cuthbertson
22. Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) Laurence Campa
23. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) and Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) John Greening
24. Anna Akhmatova (1886-1966) Alexandra Harrington
25. Mary Borden (1886-1968) Angela K. Smith
26. Georg Trakl (1887-1914) Rüdiger Gröner
27. Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) Jean Liddiard
28. Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) Philip Lancaster
29. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Jane Potter
30. David Jones (1895-1974) Thomas Dilworth
Part IV. Coda: Legacies of World War One Poetry Jane Potter.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]