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Versed in war
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Versed in war
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the preservation and publication of Second World War poetry by the Salamander Oasis Trust
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Preservation and publication of Second World War poetry by the Salamander Oasis Trust
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eng
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theses
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Salamander Oasis Trust
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Literatures in English
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War poetry, English
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World War, 1939-1945--Poetry
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English poetry--20th century--History and criticism
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This dissertation describes the collection of poetry by men and women in the British and Commonwealth armed forces written during the Second World War. The project which ultimately became the Salamander Oasis Trust Archive began in Cairo, Egypt in 1942, when three low-ranking servicemen decided to gather poetry for an anthology Oasis: The Middle East Anthology of Poetry from the Forces. Following the war, the editors and contributors gathered to re-form their group, republish the anthology and, over the next twenty years, produce four more. Despite the efforts of the Trust and the vast store of poetry and letters amassed in its archive at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, the Salamander Oasis poems are relatively unknown in literary scholarship. "Versed in War" explores the literary scene in Cairo, the importance of reading and writing among servicemen and women, the writing practices of novice poets as well as the reasons for the unfortunate obscurity of the SOTA poems, including publishing conditions in wartime London, competing beliefs about the place of culture in war, and fixed ideas about poetry which devalue novices' verse.
Drawing upon archival materials, published anthologies and contemporary journals and reviews, this dissertation is intended not only to broaden awareness of the collection and its value to scholars and readers of poetry, but also to frame the poems in ways which suggest their potential as historical and cultural artifacts for enriching our understanding of what poetry means to those who choose it as their mode of expression in the most desperate circumstances of their lives, and to develop as set of questions which make these poems meaningful and relevant to post-war generations of readers.
Drawing upon archival materials, published anthologies and contemporary journals and reviews, this dissertation is intended not only to broaden awareness of the collection and its value to scholars and readers of poetry, but also to frame the poems in ways which suggest their potential as historical and cultural artifacts for enriching our understanding of what poetry means to those who choose it as their mode of expression in the most desperate circumstances of their lives, and to develop as set of questions which make these poems meaningful and relevant to post-war generations of readers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-241)
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ETD doctoral
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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