Description:
National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series of historical, social and political perspectives. Many national poets are the subject of countless critical and biographical studies, but this book aims to give a panoramic view of national poetry as a w
Review Quotes:
"Aberbach has given us a remarkable, panoramic view of national poetry and by doing so has fashioned an important area of study wrongly neglected by both scholars of nationalism and literature." -- Steven Grosby, Clemson University, USA