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- Title
THE MYTH OF THE LOST GENERATION: THE BRITISH WAR POETS AND THEIR MODERN CRITICS.
- Authors
Williams, Jeffrey C.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the issues concerning the myth of the lost generation of the World War I in relation to the critics of the British war poets. It states that writer Siegfried Sassoon stunned more than the literary world of 1917 due to his sarcastic exposure of the contrast between the reality and rhetoric of the event. Meanwhile, Wilfred Owen was the one confronted with poetry of rich complexity due to his poems' superb technical heights. Poet Robert Grave's works also showed mordant sarcasm and was capable of majestic statements of the decivilizing impact of the War.
- Subjects
WAR poetry; WAR stories; OWEN, Wilfred, 1893-1918; GRAVE, Robert; SASSOON, Siegfried, 1886-1967; AUTHORS; WORLD War I; LITERATURE; RHETORIC
- Publication
Clio, 1982, Vol 12, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0884-2043
- Publication type
Article