This exhibit explores the work of many "soldier poets," from World War I, whose aesthetically rich and haunting verse often sits uncomfortably alongside popular ballads, songs and toasts that attempt to sustain, or gently mock, the romanticized ideals of heroic self-sacrifice for the nation's glory.
The exhibit will include sections on visual images of war, particularly photography and poets' responses to this documentary technology and retrospective collections that advocate for peace in the aftermath of the Great War and on the eve of World War II.
Physical display located in the Judge Sarah T. Hughes Reading Room. Fourth Floor, Room 437, Willis Library from Jan.17 - May 11.
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