National Poetry, Empires and War

by David Aberbach

Book Overview

Nationalism has given the world a genre of poetry bright with ideals of justice, freedom and the brotherhood of man, but also, at times, burning with humiliation and grievance, hatred and lust for revenge, driving human kind, as the Austrian poet Grillparzer put it, 'From humanity via nationality to bestiality'. National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367870193
• ISBN13: 9780367870195
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"