Poetry in the Wars

by Edna Longley

In the two world wars - and throughout the Troubles in Northern Ireland - poets insisted on not serving any political or nationalist case. As the war poets were attacked for failing to write their country's battle hymns, so the Ulster poets were victims of improper 'expectations'. In this seminal critical study Edna Longley argues that while poets as citizens may support various causes, poets as writers cannot settle for anything less than 'full...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906427991
• ISBN13: 9780906427996
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"