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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egremont, Max, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

War poetry, English--20th century--History and criticism.

War poetry, English.

Physical Description:

xi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Other Title:

First World War the poets knew

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 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"--Amazon.com.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0374280320

9780374280321

OCLC:

858731084