Anthem for Doomed Youth

Jon. Stallworthy
Bok · Engelsk · 2014 · Electronic books.

Utgitt	New York : : Constable & Robinson, , 2014.
Omfang	1 online resource (360 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Rupert Chawner Brooke; Julian Henry Francis Grenfell; Charles Hamilton Sorley; Francis Edward Ledwidge; Siegfried Loraine Sassoon; Robert von Ranke Graves; Wilfred Edward Salter Owen; Edmund Charles Blunden; Philip Edward Thomas; Ivor Bertie Gurney; Isaac Rosenberg; David Jones; Further Reading; Acknowledgements and Credits; Index of Poem Titles and First Lines. - Leading poet and former professor of English Literature, Jon Stallworthy, tells the story of the lives and work of twelve major poets of the First World War and provides selections of their best work. The First World War began with flag-waving, parades and poets inspired by abstract ideals. In part this reflected the national mood , but it revealed an almost universal failure to understand what modern mass warfare would really mean. The story of the 'war poets' is also the story of an awakening to the full horror of what the twentieth century came to know as 'The Great War
Emner	English poetry Poets, English Soldiers Soldiers' writings, English Vis mer... World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain English poetry -- 20th century. Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography. Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography. World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry. English Literature English Languages & Literatures engelsk poesi første verdenskrigen
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	823.914
ISBN	1841196355