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Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew / Max Egremont

By:

Egremont, Max, (1948-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux , 2014Edition: First American editionDescription: 337 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780374280321

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DDC classification:

821.912 EGR

LOC classification:

PR605.W65 E35 2014

Summary: 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	821.912 EGR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021814

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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.

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