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Wilfred Owen is the poet of pity, the voice of the soldier maimed,
blinded, traumatised and killed, not just in the Great War, but in
all wars since, so resonant has his message become. Although he saw
only five of his poems published in his lifetime, he left behind a
portfolio of poetry and letters that created a powerful legacy.
This generously illustrated book tells the story of Wilfred Owen's
life and work anew, from his birth in 1893 until his death one week
before the Armistice on 4 November 1918. It chronicles Owen's
journey from a romantic youth, steeped in the poetry of Keats, to
mature soldier awakened to the horrors of the Western Front.
Drawing on rich archival material such as personal books,
artefacts, family photographs and numerous manuscripts, the volume
takes a fresh look at Owen's apprenticeship and eventual mastery of
poetry, giving a comprehensive view of the relationship between his
lived experience and his writing. Those already familiar with or
well-versed in Owen's work will find new material in this book, and
those coming to Owen for the first time will enjoy a well
researched, yet accessible, illustrated introduction to one of the
twentieth century's greatest poets.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it
is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available.
This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making
available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories,
novels and plays from 1914-19.
The First World War has given rise to a multifaceted cultural
production like no other historical event. This handbook surveys
British literature and film about the war from 1914 until today.
The continuing interest in World War I highlights the
interdependence of war experience, the imaginative re-creation of
that experience in writing, and individual as well as collective
memory. In the first part of the handbook, the major genres of war
writing and film are addressed, including of course poetry and the
novel, but also the short story; furthermore, it is shown how our
conception of the Great War is broadened when looked at from the
perspective of gender studies and post-colonial criticism. The
chapters in the second part present close readings of important
contributions to the literary and filmic representation of World
War I in Great Britain. All in all, the contributions demonstrate
how the opposing forces of focusing and canon-formation on the one
hand, and broadening and revision of the canon on the other, have
characterised British literature and culture of the First World
War.
Situating First World War poetry in a truly global context, this
book reaches beyond the British soldier-poet canon. A History of
World War One Poetry examines popular and literary, ephemeral and
enduring poems that the cataclysm of 1914-1918 inspired. Across
Europe, poets wrestled with the same problem: how to represent a
global conflict, dominated by modern technology, involving millions
of combatants and countless civilians. For literary scholars this
has meant discovering and engaging with the work of men and women
writing in other languages, on other fronts, and from different
national perspectives. Poems are presented in their original
languages and in English translations, some for the very first
time, while a Coda reflects on the study and significance of First
World War poetry in the wake of the Centenary. A History of World
War One Poetry offers a new perspective on the literary and human
experience of 1914-1918.
This new selection brings together the poetry of three of the most
distinctive and moving voices to emerge from the First World War.
Here are the controlled passion and rich metaphors of Wilfred
Owen's celebrated verses such as 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and
'Strange Meeting', along with many of his lesser-known works. The
elegiac poems of Ivor Gurney, including 'Requiem' and 'The Silent
One', reflect his love of language, music and landscape, while the
visceral works of Isaac Rosenberg, such as 'Break of Day in the
Trenches', are filled with stark imagery but also, as in 'Louse
Hunting', with vitality and humour. Each poet reflects the
disparate experiences of ordinary soldiers in war, and attempts to
capture man's humanity in the most inhumane of circumstances.
Modernist texts and writings of protest have until now received
most of the critical attention of literary scholars of the First
World War. Popular literature with its penchant for predictable
storylines, melodramatic prose, and patriotic rhetoric has been
much-maligned or at the very least ignored. Boys in Khaki, Girls in
Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War redresses the
balance. It turns the spotlight on the novels and memoirs of women
writers - many of whom are now virtually forgotten - that appealed
to a British reading public hungry for amusement, news, and above
all, encouragement in the face of uncertainty and grief. The
writers of 1914-18 had powerful models for interpreting their war,
as a consideration of texts from the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902
shows. They were also bolstered by wartime publishing practices
that reinforced the sense that their books, whether fiction or
non-fiction, were not simply 'light' entertainment but a powerful
agents of propaganda. Generously illustrated, Boys in Khaki, Girls
in Print is a scholarly yet accessible illumination of a hitherto
untapped resource of women's writing and is an important new
contribution to the study of the literature of the Great War.
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