Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew
Egremont, Max (1948-)
Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew / Max Egremont - First American edition. - New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux , 2014 - 337 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Examines "the life and work of (the WWI poets - many of whom were killed - which shows not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men): 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.
English
9780374280321
World War---Literature and the war---1914-1918
War poetry---History and criticism---English---20th century
PR605.W65 / E35 2014
821.912 EGR
Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew / Max Egremont - First American edition. - New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux , 2014 - 337 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Examines "the life and work of (the WWI poets - many of whom were killed - which shows not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men): 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.
English
9780374280321
World War---Literature and the war---1914-1918
War poetry---History and criticism---English---20th century
PR605.W65 / E35 2014
821.912 EGR
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