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topos/war_as_glory
36 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
WhoGoesHome
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/mortality
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
motif/blood
motif/the_city
motif/the_grave
motif/the_journey
setting/london
form/lyric
form/song
topos/war_as_glory
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/providence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/home
setting/battlefield
Jul 24, 2026
War and its Cost · American Civil War · Battlefield
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/swords_weapons
motif/death
topos/war_as_glory
histref/american_civil_war
archetype/hero
setting/the_battlefield
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/paradox
concept/self_and_soul
archetype/martyr
concept/mortality
concept/disillusionment
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/identity
motif/crown
form/narrative_poem
concept/immortality
concept/death
form/letter
motif/fire
motif/clothing
topos/the_last_stand
concept/honour
Jul 24, 2026
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
form/verse_drama
form/tragicomedy
form/satire
form/blank_verse
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/honour
concept/disillusionment
concept/lust
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/satire_of_society
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/deception
topos/love_as_war
topos/war_as_glory
topos/tempus_fugit
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/hero
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/prophet
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/time
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/the_battlefield
character/odysseus
character/troilus
character/cressida
character/hector
character/achilles
character/ulysses
character/pandarus
character/ajax
character/thersites
character/agamemnon
Jul 24, 2026
TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST STROPHE OF PINDAR’S SECOND OLYMPIC
graph/work
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histref/ancient_greece
histref/greek_mythology
concept/heroism
topos/war_as_glory
concept/faith_and_doubt
Jul 24, 2026
Leo Tolstoy
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/faith
concept/madness
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/truth
character/leo_tolstoy
character/ivan_turgenev
character/anna_karenina
concept/fanaticism
concept/conversion
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/simplification_of_life
concept/realism
topos/war_as_glory
motif/animals
motif/death
motif/nature
setting/russia
setting/battlefield
setting/caucasus
archetype/rebel
archetype/prophet
form/biography
histref/islam
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/christianity
histref/bible
histref/crimean_war
Jul 24, 2026
To Hilaire Belloc
graph/work
author/chesterton
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concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/faith
motif/stars
motif/the_road
motif/moon
histref/napoleonic_wars
character/death_personified
character/hilaire_belloc
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/war_as_glory
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/dance
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/childhood
setting/london
setting/rural_england
archetype/poet_as_prophet_2
form/verse_epistle
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
The Appetite of Tyranny
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/order_vs_chaos
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concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/liberty_political_freedom
concept/democracy
concept/deception
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/racial_supremacy_and_pseudo_science
topos/war_as_glory
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motif/flags_and_banners
setting/germany
setting/russia
setting/italy
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/villain
archetype/fool
histref/king_alfred
histref/danish_invasions
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/roman_history
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/ancient_greece
histref/bible
histref/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
histref/frederick_the_great
histref/friedrich_nietzsche
histref/houston_stewart_chamberlain
histref/michelangelo
Jul 24, 2026
The Crimes of England
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
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concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_reformation
character/frederick_the_great
character/napoleon
character/napoleon_iii
character/bismarck
character/william_cobbett
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
character/duke_of_wellington
character/blucher
character/lord_salisbury
character/garibaldi
character/carlyle
character/maria_theresa
character/william_pitt
character/castlereagh
character/hans_andersen
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/class_conflict
concept/common_man
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
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setting/germany
setting/denmark
setting/italy
setting/russia
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histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/irish_question
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
The Terror of a Toy
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
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form/essay
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concept/critique_of_progress
concept/childhood_and_growth
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topos/war_as_glory
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form/aphorism
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/bible
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
The Polish Ideal
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/heroism
concept/honour
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character/sergius
character/bluntzschli
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topos/war_as_glory
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form/travel_writing
histref/puritanism
histref/polish_soviet_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Dying Veteran
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/war_as_glory
concept/mortality
motif/swords_weapons
setting/the_battlefield
concept/nostalgia
motif/fire
form/dramatic_monologue
Jul 24, 2026
THE BRITISH STRIPLING’S WAR-SONG IMITATED FROM STOLBERG
graph/work
author/coleridge
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form/translation
topos/war_as_glory
concept/heroism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
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motif/swords_weapons
motif/childhood
Jul 24, 2026
The British Campaign in France and Flanders (Volumes I-VI)
graph/work
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topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Ballad of the White Horse
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concept/good_vs_evil
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topos/war_as_glory
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character/the_virgin_mary
character/guthrum
character/colan
character/eldred
character/mark_of_italy
character/elf
character/ogier
character/harold
character/gorlias
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motif/fire
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motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/great_mother
Jul 24, 2026
The Adventures of Gerard
graph/work
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author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
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concept/vanity
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/journey
motif/prison
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
setting/france
setting/continental_europe_brussels
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topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
STOLBERG
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motif/blood
archetype/child
Jul 24, 2026
Songs of Action
graph/work
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topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
Six British Battles
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author/belloc
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concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
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histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
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character/duke_of_wellington
character/edward_the_black_prince
character/louis_xiv
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archetype/tragic_hero
topos/last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
The Secret People
graph/work
concept/history
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concept/poverty
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concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
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topos/war_as_glory
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motif/money_and_gold
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histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/english_civil_war
Jul 24, 2026
Poems
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character/f_e_smith
character/walter_long
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histref/crusades
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histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
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Jul 24, 2026
NAPOLEON
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Jul 24, 2026
Lepanto
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character/ariel
character/michael
character/cervantes
character/mahound
character/the_pope
character/king_philip
character/soldan_of_byzantium
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Jul 24, 2026
The Last Hero
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topos/war_as_glory
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archetype/christ_figure
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Jul 24, 2026
Jealousy
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Jul 24, 2026
A Short History of England
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concept/critique_of_progress
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motif/money_gold
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histref/the_reformation
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/christianity
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histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/ancient_rome
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Jul 24, 2026
HENRY V
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character/princess_catherine
character/dauphin
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character/duke_of_exeter
character/chorus
Jul 24, 2026
From Far Dakota’s Canyons (June 25, 1876)
graph/work
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Jul 24, 2026
First O Songs for a Prelude
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Jul 24, 2026
EDWARD III
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topos/war_as_glory
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character/edward_the_black_prince
character/countess_of_salisbury
character/queen_philippa
character/king_john_of_france
character/earl_of_salisbury
Jul 24, 2026
Defence of the Islands
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concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/heroism
topos/war_as_glory
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motif/death
motif/the_sea
Jul 24, 2026
CORIOLANUS
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character/coriolanus
character/volumnia
character/menenius
character/aufidius
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character/brutus_the_tribune
character/cominius
Jul 24, 2026
Ballad of St Barbara
graph/work
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motif/the_window
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THE SONG of the STRANGE ASCETIC
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A Visit to Three Fronts, June 1916
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A Glimpse of the Army
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A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase
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