'Gott Strafe England': Ivor Gurney's Strafes and Ways
This essay describes Ivor Gurney's use of the word 'strafe' in his poems of the First World War. At the outbreak of the War, the word was a new arrival in the English national consciousness. It had come to prominence in the German Army's slogan, 'Gott strafe England' (&...
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Oxford University Press
2022
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