#March18 1893: Birthdate of English poet Wilfred Owen, a leading poet of the First World War. Unfortunately, most of his work was publish posthumously, as he died exactly a week before Armistice. Hes one of our THREE POETS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: bit.ly/ZmGSeC This indispensable anthology brings together the works of three major poets from the First World War. Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) was a classical music composer and poet who published two volumes of poems, Severn and Somme and Wars Embers. Wilfred Owens (1893- 1918) realistic poetry is remarkable for its details of war and combat. Isaac Rosenbergs (1890-1918) Poems from the Trenches is widely considered one of the finest examples of war poetry from the period. Carefully selected by Jon Stallworthy, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Oxford, these poems comprise a landmark publication that reflects the disparate experiences of war through the voices of the soldiers themselves.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:35:26 +0000
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