David Aberbach

National Poetry, Empires and War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series of historical, social and political perspectives. Many national poets are the subject of countless critical and biographical studies, but this book aims to give a panoramic view of national poetry as a whole. It will be of great interest to any scholars of nationalism, Jewish Studies, history, comparative literature, and general cultural studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781138805347
• ISBN-10: 1138805343
• Artikelnr.: 41375775

Autorenporträt

David Aberbach is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, McGill University, Montreal. He has held visiting positions at Oxford, the LSE, UCL, and Harvard. His work bridges the arts and social sciences, as seen in his current book on national poetry and also in previous books, on loss and on charisma.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Unacknowledged Legislators: National Poets, Prophets and
Revolution 1. National Poetry and the Hebrew Bible: War and the Messianic
Age 2. Mythical History in National Poetry 3. European National Poetry,
Islam and the Defeat of the Medieval Church 4. Medieval Spanish Hebrew
National Poetry 5. Poetry of the British Isles: History, Myth, and
Nationalism 6. The Greek War of Independence and Its Poetry 7. National
Poetry and Russian-Ottoman Imperial Conflict 8. Byron to D'Annunzio: From
Liberalism to Fascism in National Poetry, 1789-1933 9. Walt Whitman,
American Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1848-49 10. The Poet as
Nation-Builder: Yeats and Bialik 11. Defeat and Independence Struggles in
National Poetry 12. The British Empire and Revolutionary National Poetry
Conclusion: National Poetry, Morality and Individual Creativity