The dominating group of that time

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The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939)

– very bloody barbaric behaviour

– Gen. Franco (conservative) vs. The Republicans

– He was like Hitler extremely nationalist kind of leader

– International brigades (Fr. And Eng.) went to Spain to fight for the republic

– What are your values? What are sou supporting? Moral test – What are your ideale? Who do sou suport?

– Psychological introspection of characters

– High time to get involved, react to what is going on around, not only your interior

– Many poets went to Spain, as journalists or jus helping to show attitude – „we are involved”

– 2 directions

1. religion (revival of religion drama, verse)

2. socialism (the relief In common humanity)

– „flirting” with socialism (socialist concept) understood as humanity compassion, sympathy, understanding of people , especially in worse situation

Left – wing poets

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Louis MacNeice Stephen Spender W.H.Auden C.Day– Lewis

– Relief in man, sympathy, etc.

– Charity, harmony in poetry, more leader – friendly

– Children of T.S. Eliot, 2nd generation – they carry on with the solutions form T.S Eliot introduced)

– Poem: succession of image, concepts, not strict form

– Balance, hormony

– W.H. Auden – the most famous, poet without experiences, poet of happy & important

– Wonderful love poems

– Sonet free verse