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If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of
a foreign field That is for ever England. From The Soldier to
Anthem for Doomed Youth Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of
the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First
World War. Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the
now iconic lines: 'Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is
there honey still for tea?' from The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing
poetry since he was ten years old. This superb collection is the
perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.
Wilfred Owen is known as the greatest of all the war poets.
No poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier
poets of the First World War. Published to commemorate the
centenary of 1914, this stunning set of books, with specially
commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential
gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by leading poets
and biographers of our present day. Dying at twenty-five, a week
before the end of the First World War, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) has
come to represent a generation of young men sacrificed - as it
seems to the next generation, one in unprecedented rebellion
against its fathers - by guilty old men: generals, politicians,
profiteers. Owen has now taken his place in literary history as
perhaps the first, certainly the quintessential, war poet.
'Tonight he noticed how the women's eyes Passed from him to the
strong men that were whole.' The true horror of the trenches is
brought to life in this selection of poetry from the front line.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th
birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and
diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and
across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over
Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del
Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are
stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays
satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives
of millions. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). Owen is available in Penguin
Classics in Three Poets of the First World War: Ivor Gurney, Isaac
Rosenberg, Wilfred Owen.
'Orpheus, the pagan saint of poets, went through hell and came back
singing. In twentieth-century mythology, the singer wears a steel
helmet and makes his descent "down some profound dull tunnel" in
the stinking mud of the Western Front. For most readers of English
poetry, the face under that helmet is that of Wilfred Owen.'
Professor Jon Stallworthy, from his Introduction. When Wilfred Owen
was killed in the days before the Armistice in 1918, he left behind
a shattering, truthful and indelible record of a soldier's
experience of the First World War. His greatest war poetry has been
collected, edited and introduced here by Professor Jon Stallworthy.
This special edition is published to commemorate the end of the
hellish war that Owen, though the hard-won truth and terrible
beauty of his poetry, has taught us never to forget.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet
of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and
critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors
offer insights into their own work as well as providing an
accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest
poets in our literature. Dying at twenty-five, a week before the
end of the First World War, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) has come to
represent a generation of young men sacrificed - as it seems to the
next generation, one in unprecedented rebellion against its fathers
- by guilty old men: generals, politicians, profiteers. Owen has
now taken his place in literary history as perhaps the first,
certainly the quintessential, war poet.
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Wilfred Owen
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A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound
editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most
famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by
the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these
slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift editions for poetry
lovers. Poems is Wilfred Owen's only volume of poetry, first
published posthumously in 1920 and edited by his friend and mentor,
Siegfried Sassoon. Owen is regarded as one of the best poets of
World War I and composed nearly all of his poems in just over a
year, between August 1917 and September 1918. Owen was virtually
unknown at the time of his death, yet his poetic account of a
soldier's experience of war has shaped our impression of the
horrors of the Western Front. This collection includes the
well-known 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.
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Wilfred Owen
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Siegfried Sassoon; Wilfred Owen
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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918) was
an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First
World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of
trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend
Siegfried Sassoon and stood in stark contrast to both the public
perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic
verse written by earlier war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Among his
best-known works - most of which were published posthumously - are
"Dulce et Decorum Est," "Insensibility," "Anthem for Doomed Youth,"
"Futility" and "Strange Meeting." Owen was killed in action on 4
November 1918 during the crossing of the Sambre-Oise Canal, exactly
one week (almost to the hour) before the signing of the Armistice
and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant the day after his death.
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing
like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we
turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing
like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we
turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge
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