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The article focuses on the poet Tibullus' anti-war stance in ancient Rome, emphasizing that his pacifist position goes beyond literary themes and is a genuine reflection of his critical awareness towards the society of his time. Topics discussed include Tibulo's desire for a peaceful and idealized life, the influence of his anti-war perspective on personal choices, and the shaping of his ideological stance in the context of the Augustan era.

The article looks into the friendship of 20th-century poets Edward Thomas, Walter de la Mare and Robert Frost and the connections in their poetry. Topics discussed are impact of wartime economies on writers, similarities in theme and sensibility exhibited by the works of the three poets, the shift in the poetry style of Thomas from Anglo-Welsh Frost to de la Mare's lyricism, the death of Thomas and the suicidal thoughts of Frost, and de la Mare's elegiac poem to Thomas.

Presents an interview with Jorge Semprún, author of "The Long Voyage" and "Literature or Life." Semprún was a college student in Spain when he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp. "Literature or Life" caused a controversy due to Semprún's technique of melding his autobiographical accounts of the camps with fictional scenes. He says that pure history can not convey the essence of experience. Prior to writing, he was involved in political activity, beginning with resistance movements during World War II. This interview was translated from the French by Sara Sugihara.

Highlights the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of the book "Animal Farm," by George Orwell. Reason why several publishers rejected the book then; Significance of the book in the era of Cold War literature; Theme of the book.

Discusses trends in poetry and literature in the twentieth century. Precision and concreteness prevalent in poetry; History of European literature before World War I; Impact of World War II on art; Poetry of Tadeusz Rozewicz and its simplicity; Probably impossibility to create an art that could answer to the terror of those extreme experiences of the World Wars; Cost of rooting oneself in reality; Work of Polish essayist Jerzy Stempowski.

Focuses on the decision of U.S. President George Bush to enlist. Desire of Bush to join the military when he was student at Phillips Academy in Andover; Presentation of the Distinguished Flying Cross award to Bush, for his action at Chichi Jima; Publication of two campaign autobiographies of Bush, containing divergent accounts of his war experiences.

The author discusses the time when electronic message or telegram was considered a form of literature that brought news of tragedy during the Vietnam war in the 1950s. Topics covered include the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, several examples of the first telegraphs sent by notable people including Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, British politician Winston Churchill and American film producer Jesse Lasky, and telegraphs' brevity and conciseness.

Presents revaluation of various writers who began their career between 1911 and 1920. Inspiration for the labor literature from books like "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair and "Martin Eden," by Jack London; Fate of writers like jack London, Jack Reed and Walter Lippmann; Maintenance of the socialist tradition by young writers like Dos Passos and Michael Gold; Comments on the contents of the novel titled "Dark Laughter," by Sherwood Anderson; Recommendations of listening to the wise voices of the body; Development of a literature that is cosmopolitan, weary, witty and aristocratic; Emergence of a group of writers who believed in presenting the real face of the American middle class; Evolution of a new brand of writers who marched forward arm in arm against the old standards of life and culture; Information on plays like "Emperor Jones" and "Anna Christie" which have made themselves part of the American heritage; Impact of the war on American literature; Alienation of young writers from the realm of American society.

Focuses on the effect of the Second World War on magazines and periodicals read by the people of the U.S. Tendency of U.S. people to read more magazines and journals than poetry or philosophy; Projection of magazines as the popular literature of the country; Difference between entertainment and information provided by various types of mass media; Defense of the dominant values of the society by radio, magazine and press; View that magazines represent culture better, provide a higher degree of intelligence and intellectual curiosity; Importance of magazines for people lacking time to read books; Increase in revenues and circulation and advertising revenues; Names of some popular magazines circulated in the United States.

Focuses on the present condition of American literature. Disinterest in literature among young authors; Reasons for disinterest among middle aged American authors; Involvement of American authors in the war; Discussion on the reaction against social literature after the First World War; Opinion that the social movement among writers reached it highest point in 1937; Information on the pamphlet called "Writer Take Sides," published by the League of American Writers, which was campaigning for the Loyalists; Information on the novels published during the social realism of 1930's; Suggestion of an experiment for training writers; Domination of the American literature by the writers who came of age during or shortly after the First World War; Information on such writers.

Discusses the correlation between literature and war. Ways by which the field of literature benefits from war; Argument that the indebtedness of literature to war is, being simply, that there never was a literature not introduced by a period of war; Impact of war on the works of playwright, William Shakespeare; War's effect on human nature; Biases that have determined the holder's opinion of the effect of war on human spirit; Manifestation of the principle of Puritanism in war; Nature of the puritanical outlook towards war.

The author presents a profile of English poet A.E. Housman and his work. He mentions Housman's relationship with a fellow Oxford University student Moses Jackson, the reception of Housman's collection of poems "A Shropshire Lad," particularly among British soldiers during World War I, and the work that Housman put into his poems.

An interview with an American author Viet Thanh Nguyen is presented. He talks about novels which had been written about the Vietnam War and centering an approach from Vietnamese perspectives in his novel. He states that he has drew his life experience growing up in a Vietnamese American community. He mentions that "The Sympathizer" can't be categorized simply as a war novel.

Reports that Russian writers have been appealing for more freedom and genuine debates within the government-controlled Union of Writers on the content and goals of Soviet literature after the death of former Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Appearance of editorials on Soviet artistic works in the leading literary and the Communist Party journals; Criticism of literary performance of Soviet writers, since the World War II, by the Party; Strategy of the Party to use the party spirit to discredit all writers not to its ideological liking; Demand for optimism in the Soviet literature in socialist realism; Request for the Soviet authors to show complexities and contradictions of Soviet heroic era.

Focuses on the nationalist literature in Germany. Information on the book "All Quiet on the Western Front"; Impact of the books, glorifying the heroic needs of the war, on German youth; Comparison of the interests of German boys with those of American youth; Information on Ernst Junger, a German author; Impact of the books by Junger, on youngsters; Information on the life of Ernst von Salomon, an author; Information on his book "The Outlaws," which describes informative story on the violence in Germany; Dissatisfaction of Salomon with the Nazi Party; Role played by various authors in psychological preparation of the Second World War.

Looks into the role of the writer and poet in the second world war. Inadequacy of the words of a poet in times of war; Excerpt from war poems; Analysis of how a poet will view the war and what kind sentiments regarding the war will be cited in his poems; Objective behind the creation of the Writers' War Board in the United States; Challenges facing a poet involved in war when writing regarding that war.

The author reflects on the speech of Archibald MacLeish, the U.S. Librarian of Congress. At a speech before the American Association for Adult Education, MacLeish has declared that the war novels certain writers including John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway have left the younger generation defenseless against an enemy whose cynicism, brutality and stated intention to enslave present the issue in terms of conviction and belief. A criticism by the author on MacLeish's speech is presented.

The article discusses war literature. "The China-Japan War," and "The Japan-China War," are largely compilations, and both are drawn mainly from Japanese sources. The first, whose author adopts the pseudonym of Vladimir, is of greater permanent value, giving a clear and consecutive narrative of the war, as well as of the circumstances leading up to it and of the various negotiations that led to its close and the establishment of peace. The illustrations are very poor, and in this respect, the second work is of much superior quality.

When the Comte de Paris was still in exile, he inhabited a house at Twickenham called York House, which is one of the simplest of the cluster of mansions on the banks of the Thames Rivers, England. The Comte de Paris, who had much leisure and who is naturally of a serious and laborious disposition, had undertaken a great work. He had been a soldier in the army of the North, and had played a very creditable part in the unfortunate campaign of the Virginian Peninsula. He received from all sides very valuable documents, sometimes original notes and letters; he resolved to write a comprehensive history of the Civil War in the U.S. The Comte de Paris attempted to give a complete picture of the U.S. during the war of secession, but from the first two volumes of his work which have just appeared, and which have been very favorably received, it is evident that the history of the military events will have the principal place in this elaborate picture.

This article presents information on various literary works such as books, magazines, volumes, etc. which are published in June 1870. These all are collectively taken as a part of June magazines, exploring the inner history of war. First considered writings of Jeremiah Black's "Galaxy" which deals with Senator Edmund Wilson's eulogy of secretary of war, Edwin McMasters Stanton. It further contains an special article on protoplasm, "Old and New," by Francis Tiffany. Fourteen or fifteen pages of reviewing at the end of the magazine make the best part of the June 1870 issue of the "Atlantic." The book-notices, however, have redeeming power, although there is no doubt that the level on which they were kept while they were the work of a single hand is hardly maintained now that there are several writers at work.

Presents information on poetry of last ten years. Inspiration by Spanish civil war for writing tragic grandeur; Edith Sitwell inspired, by the air raids, to a fierce compassion for the woes of humanity; Information that the large output of the Soviet Union poetry during the recent war shows that such a doctrine, officially sponsored and enforced by ingenious sanctions, may produce work of considerable interest; Suggestion for the poets to give their best; Deviation of modernist poetry from the ordinary man; "Romencero Gitano" a flawless work of art by Federico Garcia Lorca.

The article provides recent developments related to the publishing of books in the U.S. The Century Company announces for publication in September the following volumes, "Vagabonding Down the Andes," by Harry A. Franck; "The Golden Eagle," by Allen French; "Cavalry Alley," by Alice Hegan Rice; and "The Lost Little Lady," by Emilie B. and Arthur A. Kitipe. Some of the Autumn publications of the Princeton University Press are as follows, "Value of the Classics," edited by Andrew Fleming West; "The World Peril"; "Postal Savings," by Edwin W. Kemmerer; "Platonism," by Paul Elmer More; "Egyptian Records of Travel in Western Asia," by David Paton. Two war books, "The war of Democracy," and "Ethical Problems of War," both of similar structure and of related aims have recently appeared, from the pens of two over-lapping groups of distinguished Englishmen.

Discusses the negative impact of intensive preoccupation with the national danger on free intelligence in France. Barrier of war restrictions to the work of writers; Distraction of the German army to the artist, intellectual or scholarly mind; Psychological effect of the sense of the imminence of the German army on critical and creative work; Oppression of the liberals and radicals with the awareness of moral or social decline; Quality of the French war literature.

Explains that in August 1914, the Royal Library in Berlin, Germany had created a department which was to gather a complete collection of war literature. Four and a half tons of newspapers were received; Ten thousand books; Spectrum series of self-justifications; Civil, military, and financial chronicles; English stories; French poems; Records of legislative procedures; Pacifist literature; National usurers' books; War novels; War manuals and calendars; Anthologies of war poems; Surveys of neutral opinion; Translations of state papers.

The author reports on war literature and his personal approach to writing.

The article discusses the concept of a total war and talks about modernist literature on wars and history of war writing. Topics include the inability of language for portraying the experience of modern warfare, the challenge faced by epistemology and language while presenting complex wars like the Great War, and the capability of modernism to project the Great War better than realism.

The article reports on the experiences of the author during his stay in the countries including Bulgaria and Hungary and Albania and Greece and the whole of the southern coast of the continent and smell of Parsley Tea.

An essay is presented about the importance of preserving comics. Topics discussed include the author's childhood love of comics, his efforts to preserve them during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, and his experience of becoming a refugee in Sweden and building his personal collection of comic books.

The article discuses the use of the book "Authoring War: The Literary Representation of War from the Iliad to Iraq" by Kate McLoughlin in the teaching of war writing to English Literature students. Topics discussed include the challenges authors face when writing about war, the use of first-hand experience of war by authors in their writing, and the psychological aspects of war.

The author reflects on the impact of the World War I between Germany and the U.S. and discusses the war in relation to pacifism, social classes and "just war" theory and role of women in society. Topics discussed include impact of the war on churches, novels and poetry related to the war, and responses of Christian poets on the war.

The article provides an overview of a round table discussion on the literature of war, which included writers Sam Hamill, Doug Anderson, and Matt Gallagher. When asked about the role of writing in relating the experiences of war, Anderson highlights the importance of creating personal versions of the past. Gallagher believes there is beauty in war, which has been a recurring aspect of war literature. The teachings of war literature are also enumerated.

The article highlights several teacher's guide on discussing various issues including the existence of pirates and how should governments address them, the entry of women into the combat units of the U.S. Armed Forces and war literature.

The article presents information on the problems faced by the writers in writing a political fiction that would generate the interest of readers in it. It informs that a political fiction usually discusses about a social or cultural issue which has caused or causing a great turmoil in a country. It also informs that the literary work on wars is unique as it has its specificcauses, horrifying events and its own vocabulary, technology, and cultural soundtrack.

Volker Braun's slim volume Das Mittagsmahl (2007) may be viewed as an autobiography - or rather a fictionalized autobiography; one could also call it a chronicle or a memory book. The volume attempts to reconstruct the contradictory character of Erich Braun, Volker Braun's father, who died a 'hero's death' in WWII, when the son was barely six years old. Written in the first person singular, Braun's text narrates his memories from two levels: from the perspective of a young child, as well as from the perspective of the mature author who spent his formative years in the GDR and had to make adjustments to find his place in the FRG. Working to unearth the truth about those wartime years and about his father's thinking, Braun probes deeply into memory - his own, his mother's, his relatives' - and the way it roots him in the past, in the present, and in the future. Analysing the father-figure, Braun questions himself, his own historical and political consciousness. Less interested in blaming than in understanding the generation of his father, Braun poses hard questions about responsibility, about trauma - national, social, familial, and personal - and about the long pall it casts over both space and time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the suitability of reading the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front," by Erich Maria Remarque, in a class of ten and eleven-year-olds in light of the author's daughter being assigned the novel in school. The author discusses showing his daughter a bayonet and comparing it to his daughter's oboe. Topics include the appropriateness of war literature in school and the character of Paul Bäumer who narrates the novel.

This article examines the impact that the poet and essayist Walt Whitman had on the future of American poetic speech. Particular focus is given to analysis given in the book "The Monument," which was written by Mark Strand. The author of the article suggests that the American Civil War marked a dramatic turning point in Whitman's poetry and life, one where he was exposed to regimental encampments and hospital wards near Washington D.C. and Virginia. Several of the works produced by Whitman during this time are also noted including the poem "Drum-Taps."

In this article the author reflects on the time the poet and essayist Walt Whitman spent in Washington, D.C. According to the author, Whitman did not arrive to the Washington area until 1862, when the city had become a mass of hospitals and encampments resulting from the American Civil War. Particular focus is given to how Whitman's exposure to the wounded and to the dead impacted his life and writing. Several of Whitman's works produced during this time are also noted including "Drum-Taps," "This Compost" and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry."

This article offers poetry criticism on several works by Walt Whitman, including "Song of Joys," "Song of Myself" and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." It examines how his poems explore the themes of nature, death and the natural body. Details relating to how Whitman was impacted by the injury of his brother in the December 1862 civil war battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is noted. Following this experience, Whitman worked in many hospitals, nursing soldiers back to health and reflecting on his experiences.

The article presents a discussion of the U.S. Civil War and how it affected the literary culture of its era. The author points out how the violent and disruptive nature of the conflict changed the themes and aesthetics of American literature. Comparisons are drawn between works predating and following the war. Authors mentioned include Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, and Henry Timrod.

The article discusses the impact and influence of the Korean War on the fictional literature in Korea. It says that the Korean War period has been catastrophic and tumultuous to individual families, social classes, and the overall society writers in South Korea. It mentions that during the period, two generations of fiction writers has been defined such as the post-war generation and the third-generation writers. It also features several notable writers including Ahn Soo-gil and Lee Beom-seon.

An essay about poetry in a time of war and atrocity is presented. According to critic Lionel Trilling, people are standing at a dark and bloody crossroads where literature and politics meet. It talks about the so-called citizen's poetry in which the perception, vision and voice of citizens as poets necessarily reflect that part. The author says that writers are facing the problem of living in a time of war and atrocity, of the violation of rights, when the citizen within must speak.

This article discusses the work of the Connecticut-based dramatist David Rabe. Rabe discusses his writing style, the characters in his productions, and his exploration of the human psyche. Rabe also discusses his opinion of war and the inclusion of the war in Vietnam in several of his plays. Plays by Rabe include "Sticks and Bones," "In the Boom Boom Room," and "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel."

The article provides information on the accuracy of the dates of ancient world wars. Several warfares are presented to be able to prove the validity of the dates showed on military history. The obstacle which the historians have encountered in studying the literature of wars are also explored in the article.

An article is presented on the life and work of Pat Barker, an author of ghost and spiritualist stories. The article discusses Barker's trilogy series Regeneration, as well as her works "The Man Who Wasn't There," "Another World," and "Border Crossing." The article discusses the influence of her family, including their spiritualist religion, her upbringing by her mother, and the injuries her father suffered as a soldier in World War II.

The article offers information on comic books about war. "Our Army at War," introduced the hero Sergeant Rock in the late 1950s. Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart's Vietnam War graphic novel, "The Other Side," do not depict war as glorious, exciting, or even necessary. Joe Sacco's nonfiction book of reportage, "Safe Area Gorazde," focuses on the ravaged Balkan war zone.

The article presents several letters written by poet Kenneth Rexroth to anarchist poet George Woodcock, which are an outgrowth of shared values. Like Rexroth, Woodcock was a prominent figure in the literary wing of the anarchist movement that had dissented against World War II. After the war, Rexroth contributed to Woodcock's anarchist-pacifist magazine "Now" and carried on a lively exchange of letters with the Canadian-born Woodcock. Woodcock shared Rexroth's view that art itself was an expression of the anarchist ideal.

The article presents several letters written by poet Kenneth Rexroth to anarchist poet Herbert Read. Rexroth greatly admired Read after they first met in 1949 in England and even wrote a laudatory introduction for the New Directions edition of Read's novel "The Green Child," in 1966. However, these letters suggest considerable disillusionment with this milieu following his 1949 visit. Rexroth's letters to Read chart a process of repositioning in which, faced with perceived rising middle-class hegemony in the wake of World War II, Rexroth falls back on individualism as the one refuge in which working-class identity and anarchist militancy might be sustained.

The article presents several letters written by poet Kenneth Rexroth to poet Weldon Kees in which the poets, both committed pacifists, debated ways to resist the World War II. In on of the letters, Rexroth writes that a position of personal pacifism is not enough considering the gravity of the situation at that time. Rexroth advises Kees to keep in correspondence with everybody he knows who will stand with them. Rexroth also suggests Kees that if he has any influence with any editors of little magazines, he should pester them to put out an antiwar poetry immediately.

The author analyzes several literatures about war. These include Randall Jarrell's five-line poem "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," Henry Gole's article "Literature and history for soldiers," published in the May 1988 issue of the "Military Review," a collection of Iraq war memoirs "Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army," by Kayla Williams and "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq," by John Crawford.