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{{Short description|Eighth novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-volume A Dance to the Music of Time,}}{{italic title}}'''''The Soldier's Art''''' is the eighth novel in [[Anthony Powell]]'s twelve-volume masterpiece ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'', and the second in the war trilogy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mcleod |first=Dan |date=1971 |title=Anthony Powell: Some Notes on the Art of the Sequence Novel |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29531438 |journal=Studies in the Novel |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=44–63 |issn=0039-3827}}</ref><ref>Stacey, Bernard. ''War Dance : A Glossary of the Military Terms and References in the War Trilogy Novels in Anthony Powell's "A Dance to the Music of Time."'' Greenford: Anthony Powell Society; 2017.</ref> The title is from the poem by [[Robert Browning]], [[Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came]], fifth line, “think first, fight afterwards – the soldier’s art.” |
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| author = [[Anthony Powell]] |
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| pub_date = 1966 |
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| cover_artist = [[James Broom-Lynne]] |
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| series = [[A Dance to the Music of Time]] |
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| publisher = Heinemann |
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| preceded_by = [[The Valley of Bones]] |
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| followed_by = [[The Military Philosophers]] |
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| country = United Kingdom |
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''The Soldier's Art'' has been described as among the best novels about the British experience in the Second World War.<ref>Schwarz, Benjamin. (2004). “Black Saturday.” ''The Atlantic Monthly'' Vol. 294 (September): 143-148. </ref> |
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'''''The Soldier's Art''''' is the eighth novel in [[Anthony Powell]]'s twelve-volume masterpiece ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'', and the second in the war trilogy. It was published in 1966, and touches on themes of separation and unanticipated loss. It is dedicated to Powell's friend [[Roy Fuller]]. |
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''The Soldier’s Art'' opens in 1941. Nick Jenkins’ Division is still in Northern Ireland. General Liddament takes an interest in Jenkins and arranges for him to see a Major Finn in London for a new post with the Free French, but Jenkins' French is not good enough. Jenkins returns to Divisional Headquarters. |
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In F Mess Charles Stringham is now a waiter. He and Jenkins speak in private about Robert Tolland’s death. |
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At the Divisional Headquarters Widmerpool, a major and the DAAG, learns he will be leaving the Division but will do nothing to help Jenkins find a post, Jenkins receives orders to London. <ref>[http://anthonypowell.org/the-soldiers-art/ ''The Soldier's Art''] Anthony Powell Society.</ref> |
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It was published in 1966, and touches on themes of separation and unanticipated loss. It is dedicated to Powell's friend, the writer, [[Roy Fuller]].<ref>Jay, Mike. (2013) "Who Were the Dedicatees of Powell’s Works?" ''The Anthony Powell Society Newsletter.''50 (spring): 9-10. </ref> |
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Latest revision as of 22:00, 29 August 2023
The Soldier's Art is the eighth novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-volume masterpiece A Dance to the Music of Time, and the second in the war trilogy.[1][2] The title is from the poem by Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, fifth line, “think first, fight afterwards – the soldier’s art.”
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| Author | Anthony Powell |
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| Cover artist | James Broom-Lynne |
| Series | A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | The Valley of Bones |
| Followed by | The Military Philosophers |
The Soldier's Art has been described as among the best novels about the British experience in the Second World War.[3]
The Soldier’s Art opens in 1941. Nick Jenkins’ Division is still in Northern Ireland. General Liddament takes an interest in Jenkins and arranges for him to see a Major Finn in London for a new post with the Free French, but Jenkins' French is not good enough. Jenkins returns to Divisional Headquarters.
In F Mess Charles Stringham is now a waiter. He and Jenkins speak in private about Robert Tolland’s death.
At the Divisional Headquarters Widmerpool, a major and the DAAG, learns he will be leaving the Division but will do nothing to help Jenkins find a post, Jenkins receives orders to London. [4]
It was published in 1966, and touches on themes of separation and unanticipated loss. It is dedicated to Powell's friend, the writer, Roy Fuller.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Mcleod, Dan (1971). "Anthony Powell: Some Notes on the Art of the Sequence Novel". Studies in the Novel. 3 (1): 44–63. ISSN 0039-3827.
- ^ Stacey, Bernard. War Dance : A Glossary of the Military Terms and References in the War Trilogy Novels in Anthony Powell's "A Dance to the Music of Time." Greenford: Anthony Powell Society; 2017.
- ^ Schwarz, Benjamin. (2004). “Black Saturday.” The Atlantic Monthly Vol. 294 (September): 143-148.
- ^ The Soldier's Art Anthony Powell Society.
- ^ Jay, Mike. (2013) "Who Were the Dedicatees of Powell’s Works?" The Anthony Powell Society Newsletter.50 (spring): 9-10.
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