CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
"Dona Nobis Pacem": The Ironic Message of Peace in Britten's War Requiem
Division: Humanities
Dept/Program: English
Document Type: Undergraduate Student Research
Mentor(s): Amy Kaplan
Date of this Version: 01 December 2006
This document has been peer reviewed.
This essay was awarded the Dosoretz Family Prize for 2007.
Abstract
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, first performed in 1962 at the dedication of the newly rebuilt Coventry Cathedral, juxtaposes the poetry of Wilfred Owen and the traditional requiem mass. This essay investigates the relationship between these two bodies of work and the manner in which Britten uses irony to memorialize the fallen of World Wars I and II.
Suggested Citation
Tackett, Justin C., ""Dona Nobis Pacem": The Ironic Message of Peace in Britten's War Requiem" 01 December 2006. CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, http://repository.upenn.edu/curej/72.
Date Posted: 26 October 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
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