First World War Poems from the Front - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904897886 ISBN 13: 9781904897880

Verlag: Imperial War Museum, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

From “How to Die,” by Siegfried Sassoon

Dark clouds are smouldering into red
While down the craters morning burns.
The dying soldier shifts his head
To watch the glory that returns;
He lifts his fingers toward the skies
Where holy brightness breaks in flame;
Radiance reflected in his eyes,
And on his lips a whispered name.

The poems in this anthology—all written by poets who served on the front line—draw readers into the horrors of life in the trenches, documenting events as they unfolded in excruciating detail and creating a body of work so vivid that it continues to haunt us one hundred years later.

With First World War Poems from the Front, Paul O’Prey offers an in-depth exploration of the Great War poets, including powerful poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Julian Grenfell, as well as two World War I nurses: Vera Brittain and Mary Borden. The poems are accompanied by a brief and accessible introduction and short biographical profiles that set them in context for readers new to the works.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Paul O’Prey is vice-chancellor and professor of modern literature at the University of Roehampton, London. He is president of the War Poets Association and the author or editor of several books, including Robert Graves: Collected Writings on Poetry.

Professor Paul O'Prey is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roehampton in London, where he is also Professor of Modern Literature. He is a former president of the War Poets Association, a member of the council of the IWM Friends, and author of a number of books including 'Robert Graves' Selected Poems' (Penguin, 1986), completed after a long period working with the poet.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Imperial War Museum
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1904897886
• ISBN 13: 9781904897880
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Herausgeber: O'Prey Paul
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