National poetry, empires and war / by Aberbach, David, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Unacknowledged Legislators: National Poets, Prophets and Revolution -- National Poetry and the Hebrew Bible: War and the Messianic Age -- Mythical History in National Poetry -- European National Poetry, Islam and the defeat of the Medieval Church -- Medieval Spanish Hebrew National Poetry -- National Poetry and Russian-Ottoman Imperial Conflict -- Byron to D'Annunzio: From Liberalism to Fascism in National Poetry, 1789-1933 -- Walt Whitman, American Nationalism and the Revolutions of 1848-49 -- The Artist as Nation-Builder: Yeats and Bialik -- Defeat and Independence Straggles in National Poetry -- The British Empire and Revolutionary National Poetry -- Conclusions: National Poetry, Morality and Individual Creativity.…”