David Poynor
Biographic Data
| ID | 9237269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Poynor |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Poynor |
| SIGNATURE | POYNOR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6505-5630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Meeting the Enemy in World War I Poetry
Some World War I poems show an enemy soldier up close. This choice usually proves very effective for expressing the general irony of war, to be sure. However, I submit that showing interaction with the enemy also allows the speaker space to wrestle with internal conflict, guilt, or cognitive dissonance, and that it allows—or even forces—readers to participate in that struggle along with the speaker. While the poets’ writings no doubt had therapeu…
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Meeting the Enemy in World War I Poetry
Some World War I poems show an enemy soldier up close. This choice usually proves very effective for expressing the general irony of war, to be sure. However, I submit that showing interaction with the enemy also allows the speaker space to wrestle with internal conflict, guilt, or cognitive dissonance, and that it allows—or even forces—readers to participate in that struggle along with the speaker. While the poets’ writings no doubt had therapeu…
Adversary (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cognitive dissonance (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Irony (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Poetry (1 work) · Psychology (1 work)