IN A comprehensive anthology of more than 400 pages, Mr. Williams has tried to include all the best poems written about war in the present century. He includes Hardy and Yeats, eight poets of the last ...

The most popular English poem of the First World War was “In Flanders Fields,” written by John McCrae after fighting in the second Battle of Ypres in 1915. The poem ventriloquizes the British dead and ...

With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new translation ...

THE one favor the Germans have done for us is to rub the glamour from war. They spoil everything they touch, and they seem to have spoiled even their own favorite outdoor sport; it is probable that ...

The War Poems are a daily witnessing of the pain and suffering of two nations. After waking to the news of the Israeli massacre by Hamas on October 7th, I had great difficulty expressing my pain, ...

In recognition of the centennial of the beginning of World War I, YaleNews recently met with David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English, to talk about some of the most noted poets of that period ...

The movie begins with grainy war footage that has become all too familiar: Battleship Row belching thick, black smoke over Pearl Harbor; bombs dropping from the bellies of warplanes; American soldiers ...

On November 11, 1918, World War I, or “the war to end all wars,” concluded. The Great War introduced new military tactics and resulted in more than 37,000,000 casualties. The First World War produced ...

Today (11 November) marks Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, which means a chance to stop and think about those who fell during the First World War, as well as other conflicts since then.

AT THIS LATE DATE, are there things left to say of the Poets’ Revolt, the literati’s defense of Saddam and bin Laden? (See J. Bottum’s The Poets vs. The First Lady.) Well, yes–that poets weren’t ...