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BL
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624321
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| Main Entry
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Vandiver, Elizabeth,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Stand in the trench, Achilles : : classical receptions in British poetry of the Great War /\ Elizabeth Vandiver
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Classical presences
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xx, 455 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199542741
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: 0199542740
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Education, class, and classics. 'Sed miles, sed pro patria': classics and public-school culture ; 'Like the Roman in brave days of old': middle-and working-class classics -- Representing war. 'The riches of a Spartan soul': duty, honour, glory, and sacrifice ; 'The heroes stir in their lone beds': the second Trojan war -- Death and remembrance. 'Yet many a better one has died before': Deaths imagined ; 'Their doom was glorious': commemoration and remembrance
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| Abstract
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"Stand in the Trench, Achilles examines the range of classical receptions in British poetry of the First World War. Elizabeth Vandiver considers poets from a wide social spectrum and discusses the ways in which they refigured classical literature. Vandiver demonstrates that classics and its previous appropriations in English literature provided a rich source of images, tropes, and even verbal expressions for writers of different backgrounds, different political positions, and different viewpoints on the war."--BOOK JACKET
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English poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism
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World War, 1914-1918, Poetry-- History and criticism
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War poetry, English-- History and criticism
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Classical literature-- Influence
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Civilization, Classical-- Influence
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Reader-response criticism
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| LC Classification
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PR605.W65V36 2010
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