Description |
1 online resource (xx, 455 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Classical presences
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Classical presences.
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Contents |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-428) and index. |
Summary |
"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 previous appropriations in English literature provided a rich source of images, tropes, and even verbal expressions for writers of different backgrounds, different political positions, and different viewpoints on the war."--Jacket. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English poetry. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry -- History and criticism.
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Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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War poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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War poetry, English. |
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Classical literature -- Influence.
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Classical literature -- Influence. |
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Classical literature. |
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Civilization, Classical -- Influence.
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Civilization, Classical -- Influence. |
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Civilization, Classical. |
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Reader-response criticism.
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Reader-response criticism. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Poetry.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956- Stand in the trench, Achilles. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199542741 (DLC) 2009032389 (OCoLC)430678963 |
ISBN |
9780191572807 (electronic book) |
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0191572802 (electronic book) |
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9780199542741 |
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0199542740 |
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