https://solvonauts.org/%3Faction%3Drss_search%26term%3D821+%28English+poetry%29 RSS Feed for 821 (English poetry) It would be fair to say in a spirit of understatement that the First World War served as the occasion for a certain amount of poetry Catherine W Reilly in her groundbreaking English Poetry of the First World War A Continue reading It would be fair to say in a spirit of understatement that the First World War served as the occasion for a certain amount of poetry Catherine W Reilly in her groundbreaking English Poetry of the First World War A Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/unconventionalsoldiers/the-worst-poem-of-the-first-world-war/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/unconventionalsoldiers/the-worst-poem-of-the-first-world-war/ Presented by Dr Jane Potter Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University this video and audio podcast looks beyond the War Poets to the important role that books publishers and the book trade played during the First World War Continue reading Presented by Dr Jane Potter Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University this video and audio podcast looks beyond the War Poets to the important role that books publishers and the book trade played during the First World War Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/material/popular-fiction-in-world-war-i/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/material/popular-fiction-in-world-war-i/ The term compassion fatigue is usually associated with a disinclination to donate to yet another mammoth charity telethon The OED defines the phrase as apathy or indifference towards the suffering of others and cites an early usage in a 1987 Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/body-and-mind/rose-macaulay-hurt-berries-and-compassion-fatigue/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/body-and-mind/rose-macaulay-hurt-berries-and-compassion-fatigue/ In the trenches of World War I the norms of tactile contact between men changed profoundly Mutilation and mortality loneliness and boredom the strain of constant bombardment the breakdown of language and the sense of alienation from home led to Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/body-and-mind/the-dying-kiss-gender-and-intimacy-in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/body-and-mind/the-dying-kiss-gender-and-intimacy-in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i/ N B This is the second in an intended series of posts about the history of British propaganda efforts during the First World War the inaugural post can be read here The main focus of the series will be on Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/unconventionalsoldiers/3241/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/unconventionalsoldiers/3241/ What place do the poets and their work have in the historical analysis of the War Dr Stuart Lee takes a look at the debate in the short audio podcast This episode is part of the new podcast series The Continue reading http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/memoryofwar/poetry-vs-history/ http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/memoryofwar/poetry-vs-history/