On the basis of numbers alone, Bradley, you'd suspect that the overwhelming
number of combatants from the European nations involved would statistically
enlarge the amount of poetry produced. For such a cataclysmic conflict, I'd
posit the number of British (read German, French) poets producing
significant work (by our 'modern' standards) is actually quite small. Not
addressing the jingoistic verse of the time - even Kipling lost a son.
Caleb
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:15 AM, Bradley Omanson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Any opinions as to why America produced no poets comparable to the British
> poets during WWI? American novelists produced a significant body of
> literature related to the war, so why not the poets?
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