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The War poets
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The futility and madness of the First World War was the spur for some of the most moving poetry ever written, but the young men who brought the voice of reason to the Great War were themselves part...
The futility and madness of the First World War was the spur for some of the most moving poetry ever written, but the young men who brought the voice of reason to the Great War were themselves part of a long tradition of war poetry. This program traces the development of the art of war poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the early 20th century and the works of Brooke, Owen, and Sassoon. Using extensive feature film footage as well as contemporary images, the program brings a new vitality to the checkered tales of heroism, cowardice, luck, valor, and misery which together form the experiences of war over the centuries. Jon Stallworthy of Oxford University, one of the world's foremost authorities on war poetry, analyzes the works.
Details
- Creator
- Eagle Rock Entertainment
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c1993
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736553957
- OCLC
- ocn707971545
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 12, 2005.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Long Tradition of War Poetry (2:14) -- Heroic Attitude Toward War (4:19) -- From Action to Emotion (4:23) -- Renaissance and Puritan Poetry (4:15) -- Eighteenth Century War Poetry (4:10) -- Nineteenth Century Romantic Poetry (4:08) -- "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (6:30) -- Civil War Poetry (2:38) -- Poems for the Rank and File (5:52) -- Poetry of the Great War (3:56) -- War Supporters and Bleak Visions (5:02) -- Two Phases of Great War Poetry (3:06) -- Famous Great War Poets (5:39) -- Old Lie About War (4:14)