Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
821.912 Egr
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821.912 Egr
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Examines "the life and work of [the WWI 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"--Amazon.com.
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