Selected Letters of Wilfred Owen

Accompanied by new notes and a new introduction, as well as previously redacted and omitted material, the new edition of Owen's Selected Letters brings together past and contemporary scholarship to provide fresh insights into Owen's character and poetic development.

Sommario

• Introduction


• Selected Bibliography


• Abbreviations


• List of Illustrations


• Biographical Table


• Shrewsbury and Dunsden: 1902-1913


• Bordeaux, the Pyrenees, and Mérignac: 1913-1915


• The Artists' Rifles and Training: 1915-1916


• The Somme and Craiglockhart: 1917


• Scarborough and the Return to France: 1918


• Appendix A: My Dear Old Wolf by Harold Owen


• Appendix B: Locations of Owen's Manuscripts


• Index

Info autore

Dr Jane Potter is Reader in Arts at Oxford Brookes University and teaches Publishing courses in the School of Arts. Her research focuses on the literature of the First World War and book history. Her publications include Boys in Khaki, Girls in Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War, 1914-1918 (Oxford University Press, 2005), Three Poets of the First World War: Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg and Wilfred Owen, eds. Jon Stallworthy
& Jane Potter (Penguin Classics, 2011), Wilfred Owen: An Illustrated Life (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2014), and, with Carol Acton, Working in a World of Hurt: Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in
War Zones (Manchester University Press, 2015). She is also editor of A Cambridge History of World War One Poetry (Cambridge University Press).

Riassunto

Accompanied by new notes and a new introduction, as well as previously redacted and omitted material, the new edition of Owen's Selected Letters brings together past and contemporary scholarship to provide fresh insights into Owen's character and poetic development.

Testo aggiuntivo

This is a stunning achievement - and a surprising one, too, given the massive number of works that have explored Owen's life and work previously. Potter's introduction and notes, filled with astute observations, enrich the reading experience, making it accessible to scholars and general readers alike.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Potter
• Con la collaborazione di: Potter (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.2023
• EAN: 9780199689507
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968950-7
• Pagine: 464
• Dimensioni: 163 mm x 244 mm x 29 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; POETRY / General, Diaries, letters & journals, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Published diaries, letters and journals