tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post1426884520557015181..comments2024-01-02T15:12:14.699+00:00Comments on War Poetry: Rupert Brooke, Julian Grenfell, and HomerTim Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17917270014209480898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post-79184224116563717052014-03-27T21:51:47.665+00:002014-03-27T21:51:47.665+00:00I appreciate your defence of both Brooke and Grenf...I appreciate your defence of both Brooke and Grenfell. Since the 'Disenchantment' view of World War 1 prevails, there seems a hostility towards any heroic poetry that has emerged from that time, which seems a shame. <br /> I wish a cheaper edition of Elizabeth Vandiver 's Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War' . The small amount I've read of this book certainly changed my perception of war poetry. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249141885598160934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post-9884556482779287632014-01-23T08:56:31.022+00:002014-01-23T08:56:31.022+00:00Grenfell, of course, was already a professional so...Grenfell, of course, was already a professional soldier when war broke out, so might be expected to have a different perspective from the eager volunteers. On the Brooke point, it is said even Leonidas refused to take with him to Thermopylae those men who had no sons. Bill Bennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post-21203456743761467732014-01-21T11:36:28.960+00:002014-01-21T11:36:28.960+00:00I can see he would have known the Homeric referenc...I can see he would have known the Homeric reference; would he also have known the Norse equivalent in "Havamal" - "cattle die, kinsmen die, I myself shall die; the only thing that does not die is the name a man leaves behind"?Sheenagh Pughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735299981866333316noreply@blogger.com