Simplify Me - The Life of Keith Douglas

Burton's life of Keith Douglas, the most important poet of the Second World War, is the first for fifty years. Douglas had a short but eventful life. Born in 1920 in Kent, he was awarded an Open Exhibition to Merton College, Oxford. He spent most of the war in the desert campaign and died in action in Normandy shortly after the D-Day Landings.

Summary

Burton's life of Keith Douglas, the most important poet of the Second World War, is the first for fifty years. Douglas had a short but eventful life. Born in 1920 in Kent, he was awarded an Open Exhibition to Merton College, Oxford. He spent most of the war in the desert campaign and died in action in Normandy shortly after the D-Day Landings.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Burton
• Publisher: Infinite Ideas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2020
• EAN: 9781913022242
• ISBN: 978-1-913022-24-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies