Some Desperate Glory - The First World War the Poets Knew

While the First World War devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetry - words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else. The poets - many of whom were killed - show not only the war''s tragedy but the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. In Some Desperate Glory , historian and biographer Max Egremont gives us a transfiguring look at the life and work of this assemblage of poets. 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. Some Desperate Glory includes a chronological anthology of their poems, with linking commentary, telling the story of the war through their art. This unique volume unites the poetry and the history of the war, so often treated separately, granting readers the pride, strife, and sorrow of the individual soldier''s experience coupled with a panoramic view of the war''s toll on an entire nation.

Product details

• Authors: Max Egremont, Egremont Max
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.03.2015
• EAN: 9781447242000
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-4200-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Guides; First World War, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POETRY / European / General, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, Literary studies: poetry & poets, c 1910 to c 1919, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I