Poetry of the First World War - An Anthology

Zusatztext a thought provoking and moving collection Informationen zum Autor Tim Kendall has taught at the universities of Oxford, Newcastle, and Bristol before becoming Professor and Head of English at the University of Exeter. His publications include Modern English War Poetry (OUP, 2006), The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry (ed.) (OUP, 2007), and The Art of Robert Frost (Yale UP, 2012). He is currently writing the Very Short Introduction on War Poetry. He is co-editor (with Philip Lancaster) of The Complete Literary Works of Ivor Gurney (OUP, forthcoming). Klappentext A new anthology that combines generous selections from well-known soldier poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon with work by civilian and women poets. A general introduction places Great War poetry in its contexts and the work of each poet is prefaced with a biographical account that explains the circumstances of composition. Zusammenfassung A new anthology that combines generous selections from well-known soldier poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon with work by civilian and women poets. A general introduction places Great War poetry in its contexts and the work of each poet is prefaced with a biographical account that explains the circumstances of composition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) A. E. Housman (1859-1936) May Sinclair (1863-1946) W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) Robert Service (1874-1958) Edward Thomas (1878-1917) Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) Mary Borden (1886-1968) Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) Julian Grenfell (1888-1915) T. P. Cameron Wilson (1888-1918) Patrick Shaw Stewart (1888-1917) Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) Arthur Graeme West (1891-1917) Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Margaret Postgate Cole (1893-1980) May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973) Charles Sorley (1895-1915) Robert Graves (1895-1985) David Jones (1895-1974) Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) Edgell Rickword (1898-1982) Music Hall and Trench Songs ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Tim Kendall
• Collaboration: Tim Kendall (Editeur), Kendall Tim (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press Trade
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9780198703204
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870320-4
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Thèmes: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; First World War, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Poetry anthologies (various poets), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / War