ENG 402 English Poetry & World War

This class explores the complex relationship between collective memory, literary style, and the conditions of modern warfare endured throughout World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). Readings may include but are not limited to the work of Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg, Francis Ledwidge, Ezra Pound, Sidney Keyes, Louis MacNeice and Randall Jarrell.