Patriotism and Poetry in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Patriotism and Poetry in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Author: Dustin Griffin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-11-17

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780521009591

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The poetry of the mid- and late-eighteenth century has long been regarded as primarily private and apolitical; in this wide-ranging study Dustin Griffin argues that in fact the poets of the period were addressing the great issues of national life--rebellion at home, imperial wars abroad, an expanding commercial empire, an emerging new British national identity. Taking up the topic of patriotic verse, Griffin shows that poets such as Thomas Gray, Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Cowper were engaged in the century-long debate about the nature of true patriotism.

American Patriotism in a Global Society
American Patriotism in a Global Society

Author: Betty Jean Craige

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1996-07-03

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1438400039

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This book argues that the transformation of our world into a global society is causing a resurgence of tribalism at the same time that it is inspiring the ideology of political holism--the understanding of human society as an evolving global system of interdependent individuals, cultures, and nations. Betty Jean Craige examines the "patriotic" resistance to globalization in the United States by examining a number of recent historical events, including the Persian Gulf War, the 1988 presidential campaign, and the Iran-Contra scandal.

First World War Poetry
First World War Poetry

Author: Jon Silkin

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1997-02-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780141180090

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A selection of poetry written during World War I. In the introduction Jon Silkin traces the changing mood of the poets - from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social change. The book includes work by Sassoon, Owen, Blunden, Rosenberg, Hardy and Lawrence.

Patriotism
Patriotism

Author: Yukio Mishima

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780811213127

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'Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?' For the young army officer of Yukio Mishima's seminal story, 'Patriotism, ' death and ecstasy become elementally intertwined. With his unique rigor and passion, Mishima hones in on the body as the great tragic stage for all we call social, ritual, political.