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World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone looks at four distinctive poets who provide a version of empire that is much more nuanced than the imperial rhetoric of the established canon.

Dr Simon Featherstone is Principal Lecturer in Drama Studies at De Montfort University with a specialism in postcolonial studies; Englishness; national identities; and war poetry.

Date Published: 31 January 2020
Contributors:
Simon Featherstone
In Collection(s): Colonial Writers, Poetry, First World War
Keywords:
war poetry, world war one, British empire, postcolonial literature
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Poetry of the Empire by Simon Featherstone at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/poetry-empire. Published on 31 January 2020. Accessed on 03 November 2025.

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