This is an examination of the poetry of writers living in Egypt during World War II, such as Lawrence Durrell, Bernard Spencer, G.S. Fraser and Keith Douglas. In addition, the author goes on to explore the larger realm of the literature of exile, its uniqueness to the 20th century, its connection to war poety, and its presence in the work of the aforementioned poets. The text concludes with a look at the influence of these poets on the direction of British poetry after the war.
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This is an examination of the poetry of writers living in Egypt during World War II, such as Lawrence Durrell, Bernard Spencer, G.S. Fraser and Keith Douglas. In addition, the author goes on to explore the larger realm of the literature of exile, its uniqueness to the 20th century, its connection to war poety, and its presence in the work of the aforementioned poets. The text concludes with a look at the influence of these poets on the direction of British poetry after the war.
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Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xix, 187 pp. Contents: Prologue: Under Western Eyes: Orientalism, Hybridity, & the Case of the 'Personal Landscape' Poets; 'Personal Landscape' & British Poetry in the 1940s; Lyric Totals: "The Skull Beneath the Skin": The Truth About War; "Rituals of Endurance": Poetry & the Exile Backround; Personal Landscape(s): "The Historian with His Spade": Landscape & Historical Continuity in the Poetry of Bernard Spencer; Durrell Rampant / Durrell Passant: The Landscape of the Heraldic Universe; "The Polarity of Personal Cities": Identity & the Neoclassical Landscape in the Poetry of G.S. Fraser; "Monuments & Metal Posies": Keith Douglas's 'Book of the Dead'; Postscript: 'Personal Landscape' & British Poetry since the Second World War.
