Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) and index.
Contents
Aspirations to heroism : the old that passed away -- The new war poetry : the soldier poets -- The great grief : women poets of World War I -- Looking back on the Great War -- Uneasy interlude : visions of the approach and renewal of war -- Poetry and music enlist -- Weariness and irony : a poetry of fact -- Lament and protest : a poetry of reflection -- Looking back on the "good war" -- Benjamin Britten's War requiem and the hope of learning peace.