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Egremont, Max, 1948-
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war.
War poetry, English.
English poetry -- 20th century.
Soldiers' writings, English.
Soldiers -- Poetry.
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Egremont, Max, 1948-
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war.
War poetry, English.
English poetry -- 20th century.
Soldiers' writings, English.
Soldiers -- Poetry.
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Some
desperate
glory
: the
First
World
War
the
poets
knew
/ Max Egremont.
by
Egremont, Max, 1948-
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Call #:
821.912 E32s
Subjects
World
War
, 1914-1918 -- Poetry.
World
War
, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the
war
.
War
poetry, English.
English poetry -- 20th century.
Soldiers' writings, English.
Soldiers -- Poetry.
ISBN:
9780374280321 (hc.)
0374280320
Alternate title:
First
World
War
the
poets
knew
Edition:
First
American edition.
Description:
xi, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and indexes.
Summary:
"2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of what many believed would be the
war
to end all wars. And 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."--From publisher.
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