{"product_id":"old-lie-the-great-war-and-the-public-school-ethos-9780094669802","title":"Old Lie: The Great War and the Public School Ethos","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong unavailable  this acclaimed book traces the history of an ideal and examines its effect on the lives of those caught up in the First World War. Rupert Brookes apparent enthusiasm for the War in 1914 was echoed throughout England  particularly by young men who had been educated in a gentlemanly tradition of patriotism  chivalry and sportsmanship at their public schools. These codes had also trickled down through society thanks to the school stories that appeared in popular boys magazines  and to the missions and boys clubs run by the schools and universities in the poorer parts of the country.  Drawing upon a wealth of material  Peter Parkers fascinating book traces the growth and dissemination of what Wilfred Owen dismissed as  the old lie in his poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. It also explores the wide variety of responses to the war - from celebration to denigration  from patriotic acquiescence to bitter rebellion - as they were reflected in the poetry  plays and prose of the period. The Old Lie unearths some truly bizarre notions about education and warfare and illuminatingly re-examines the literature of the First World War by placing it in its historical and social perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44936778842165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0094669805","price":240.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780094669802.jpg?v=1787668228","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/old-lie-the-great-war-and-the-public-school-ethos-9780094669802","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}