Texts in Time: The Way it Was | English File

Duration: 29'00''

Synopsis

Using contemporary and pre 20th century texts to examine how to evaluate truth. The Charge of the Light Brigade texts are commented upon by a soldier, a war reporter and a poet.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
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War Poetry | Culture Fix

Examining poetry that has helped to shape our view of war, and traces its origins back through Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' to Homer's chronicles of the ancient Greeks.
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