Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War (Classical Presences) Review

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Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War (Classical Presences) ReviewThe night I heard about this book, I could barely sleep. I love the War Poets of WWI, I love the Greeks, and I love the lectures of Prof. Vandiver (her lectures are available from The Teaching Company). Talk about an intersection of delights! Would it live up to my desires?
Having read several books on the British literature of WWI (starting with The Great War and Modern Memory when I was in college), this was the most enlightening so far. Full of fascinating tidbits to support her conclusions, well edited, a lovely long read, and did I mention the great footnotes. (I'm a softie for good footnotes, and they were such a nice icing on a well-frosted cake.) It is a serious book, one that rewards a careful reader, but not full of specialized nomenclature known only to grad students. Give us more, Lizzie!
(And if you've heard her lectures, you can hear her mellow Floridian accent run through the whole thing.)Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in British Poetry of the Great War (Classical Presences) OverviewElizabeth Vandiver examines the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Vandiver argues that classics was a crucial source for writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, from working-class poets to those educated in public schools, and for a wide variety of political positions and viewpoints. Poets used references to classics both to support and to oppose the war from its beginning all the way to the Armistice and after. By exploring the importance of classics in the poetry of the First World War, Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

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