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Title
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WAR POETRY: WHITMAN, HARDY, AND JARRELL.
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Creator
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KILPATRICK, DIANA D., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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Abstract/Description
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The war poetry of Randall Jarrell reflects themes found in the war poetry of Walt Whitman and Thomas Hardy. The period represented ranges from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. Hardy wrote about five wars and experienced four in his lifetime; Whitman experienced the American Civil War; and Jarrell experienced World War II. Nature, often seen by the poets as "wounded" and sometimes complementary to war, is important to the poets, who incorporated her as healer, as absorber of the dead,...
Show moreThe war poetry of Randall Jarrell reflects themes found in the war poetry of Walt Whitman and Thomas Hardy. The period represented ranges from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II. Hardy wrote about five wars and experienced four in his lifetime; Whitman experienced the American Civil War; and Jarrell experienced World War II. Nature, often seen by the poets as "wounded" and sometimes complementary to war, is important to the poets, who incorporated her as healer, as absorber of the dead, and as a symbolic background for war. The three poets wrote about people in war. Often the soldiers were helpless child victims who withstood the rigors of the military by establishing camaraderie or escaping through dreams and death. Advancing technology brought war, with its machinery and informational immediacy, close to civilians, affecting them and their soldiers as never before.
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Date Issued
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1986
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14308
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Subject Headings
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War poetry, Jarrell, Randall,--1914-1965--Criticism and interpretation, Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation, Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation
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Format
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Document (PDF)
