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Author Murdoch, Brian, 1944-

Title Fighting songs and warring words : popular lyrics of two world wars / Brian Murdoch
Published London : Intype, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; GOOD WAR POETRY?; WE HATE AS ONE: POEMS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR; WHEN THIS BLEEDING WAR IS OVER: SONGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR; TOMORROW THE WHOLE WORLD: FASCISM AND THE LYRIC; THERE IS NO NEED FOR ALARM: POEMS OF THE ALLIES, 1939 45; MY LILLI OF THE LAMPLIGHT: SONGS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; WORLD WAR THREE BLUES: THE LYRIC AND AUGUST 1945; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index
Summary The accepted canon of war poetry usually includes only those underlining patriotic or nationalistic views. This study opens up the view of war poetry with the inclusion of such material as Nazi poetry and song, and the poetry of the atomic bomb
Notes Originally published: London; New York : Routledge, 1990
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index
Notes English
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Subject War poetry -- History and criticism
World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war
World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
War and literature
War poetry
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 89006388
ISBN 9780203007921
0203007921
0415031842
9780415031844
1280335165
9781280335167
1134969058
9781134969050
0203327357
9780203327357