Dismantling glory
Subtitle: twentieth-century soldier poetry
By: Lorrie Goldensohn.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Soldier's writings, English -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the conflict; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Soldier's writings, American -- History and criticism; War and literature -- English-speaking countries; World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war; World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war; War poetry, American -- History and criticism; War poetry, English -- History and criticism
Other titles: Twentieth-century soldier poetry; 20th century soldier poetry
Description: "Dismantling Glory presents the most personal and powerful words ever written about the honors and horrors of battle, by the very soldiers who put their lives on the line. Focusing on American and English poetry from World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, Lorrie Goldensohn, a poet and pacifist, affirms that most twentieth-century war poetry is fundamentally antiwar. She examines the changing nature of the war lyric and takes on the literary thinking of two countries separated by their common language." "This book not only discusses the poetry of trench warfare but also shows how the lives of civilians - women and children in particular - entered a global war poetry dominated by air power, invasion, and occupation. Goldensohn argues that World War II blurred the boundaries between battleground and home front, thus bringing women and civilians into war discourse as never before. She discusses the interplay of fascination and disapproval in the texts of twentieth-century war and notes the way in which homage to war heroes and victims contends with revulsion at wars horror and waste." "Dismantling Glory is an original and compelling look at the way twentieth-century war poetry posited new relations between masculinity and war, changed and complicated the representation of war, and expanded the scope of antiwar thinking."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-354) and index.