Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew /
Examines the life and work of the World War I poets, many of whom were killed, which shows not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. Wilfred Owen with his flaring genius, the intense, compassionate Siegfried Sassoon, the composer Ivor Gurney, Robe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | Examines the life and work of the World War I poets, many of whom were killed, which shows not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. Wilfred Owen with his flaring genius, the intense, compassionate Siegfried Sassoon, the composer Ivor Gurney, Robert Graves, who would later spurn his war poems, the nature-loving Edward Thomas, the glamorous Fabian Socialist Rupert Brooke and the shell-shocked Robert Nichols all fought in the war, and their poetry is a bold act of creativity in the face of unprecedented destruction. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0374280320 9780374280321 |