This Readers' Guide examines the genesis and development of the important genre of war poetry in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the role of the two world wars on the literary and cultural construction of a 'war poetry' category. The Guide draws upon a range of key historical and contemporary critical responses, from poetic memoir and journalism to sophisticated academic criticism, to demonstrate the rich diversity of expectations and evaluations elicited by the developing genre.

Places war poetry in its historical context, exploring thematic trends and critical approaches
Discusses many different types of war poetry from throughout the twentieth century
Draws upon a range of historical and contemporary responses, from poetic memoir and journalism to academic criticism

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Philippa Lyon leads drawing, health and wellbeing research at the University of Brighton, UK, where she teaches on the MA Craft and MA Textiles and supervises PhD students. She has publications on the history of art education, design education approaches, and on applications of drawing within educational, health and wellbeing contexts. She has published work in The Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods (2019) and journals such as the International Journal of Art and Design Education and Visual Methodologies. She also completed her PhD on British Second World War poetry in 2005.

Zusammenfassung
Poets have written about wars throughout the 20th century - questioning, protesting and, sometimes, celebrating the nature and purpose of conflict. Attracting an enthusiastic popular readership, war poetry has often been seen as a way of remembering and re-imagining wars. Today, war poems are not only part of our memorial culture, on epitaphs and in Remembrance Day services, but have inspired books and films and become studied widely around the world. This Guide examines the genesis and development of the important genre of war poetry in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the role of the two world wars in the literary and cultural construction of a 'war poetry' category. Philippa Lyon draws upon a range of key historical and contemporary critical responses, from poetic memoir and journalism to sophisticated academic criticism, to demonstrate the rich diversity of expectations and evaluations elicited by the developing genre.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART ONE: What Do We Mean By War Poetry? Navigating the Genre.- Exploring the Literary and Cultural Status of War Poetry Today.- The Relationship of War Poetry to the Canon.- Poetry and Representation of Wars.- War Poetry and the Biographical.- Selectivity, 'Packaging' and Publication.- PART TWO: First World War.- Literary Context and the War Poetry Tradition.- Patriotism, Propaganda and Protest.- Dissemination and Reception.- PART THREE: The Inter-War Years.- Key Contexts.- The 'War Poets' Emerge.- The Developing Genre: Theory, Subject and Form.- Spanish Civil War.- PART FOUR: Second World War.- Cultural and Critical Positioning.- Anthologies and the Poetry 'Boom'.- Civilisation and its Discontents.-PART FIVE: Post-1945 Critical Paths.- Militarism, Patriotism and the Naturalisation of War.- The Peace Movement and Democratic and Pedagogic Approaches.- The Influence of Cultural Historicism and Feminism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.