"I sing of arms and the man." (the ghosts of war).(adapted from War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities)(Cover Story)

The Humanist | November 1, 2001| | Copyright

It's easy to forget (and always sad to reflect) that male poets have traditionally been shills for the warriors: Homer marveling at Achilles' butchery; Vergil celebrating Aeneas (Arma virumque cano ...); Chaucer admiring his "verray parfit gentil knight"; Shakespeare's Henry V come to glory in an aggressive foreign war; Lovelace going off to battle singing, "I could not love thee, dear, so much,/Loved I not honour more"; Milton's heavenly heroes blasting the serried ranks of fallen angels with thunder, lightning, and sulphurous hail....

And so on, right down to A. ...

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