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Using the Same Language, but Meaning Different Things: A Textual Investigation of the Shared Rhetorics of the National and Poetic Narratives of First World War Britain

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Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Visser, Meghan, Thesis advisor (ths): Baetz, Joel, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Bode, Rita, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Two dominant narratives emerging throughout the war were the national narrative––that is, the narrative of the war as articulated by the British nation via texts such as political speeches, recruitment posters, and popular music–– and the poetic narrative––that is, the narrative of the war emerging from poets, specifically battlefront poets for the sake of this thesis. One hundred years… more
Full Text: USING THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT MEANING DIFFERENT THINGS: A TEXTUAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SHARED RHETORICS OF THE NATIONAL AND POETIC NARRATIVES OF FIRST WORLD WAR BRITAIN A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …