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Poetry of the First World War : an anthology

Kendall, Tim, 1970- editor

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\"The First World War produced an extraordinary flowering of poetic talent. Its poets mark the conflict in ways that are both intensely personal and as enduring as any monument. Their lines have come to express the feelings of a nation about the horrors and consequences of war. This new anthology provides a definitive record of the achievements of the Great War poets and offers a fresh assessment of the work on the centenary of the Great War's outbreak. Focusing on the poets themselves, the book is organized by writer, not theme or chronology. It offers generous selections from the celebrated soldier-poets, including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Rupert Brooke, whilst also incorporating less well-known writing by civilian and women poets. It also includes two previously unpublished poems by Ivor Gurney. A general introduction charts the history of the war poets' reception and challenges prevailing myths about the war poets' progress from idealism to bitterness. The work of each poet is prefaced with a biographical account that sets the poems in their historical context.\"--Publisher's description.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: World War (1914-1918) / World War, 1914-1918 Poetry. / English poetry 20th century. / War poetry, English. / English poetry. / Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) Poâesie.
• ISBN: 0198797370, 9780198797371

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR1195.W65 P635 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE