Wilfred Owen : on the trail of the poets of the great war / Helen McPhail, Philip Guest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPhail, Helen, author.

Guest, Philip, 1924- author.

Series:

Battleground Europe.

Battleground Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, English--20th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.

Soldiers.

Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.

Owen, Wilfred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a guide to the battlefields that inspired the young and sensitive poet, whose poems are probably the twentieth century's best-known literary expressions of experience of war. Detailed maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads guide the visitor through the battlefields. Owen's letters are used extensively, together with his poetry, linking specific places events, vividly describing the suffering of the trench.

Contents:

Cover; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction by the Series Editor; Introduction; Biographical table; Chapter 1 The Unlikely Origins of an Officer; Chapter 2 The Real Thing; Chapter 3 'A Damned Fine Poet'; Chapter 4 Back to the Front Line; Chapter 5 The Canal at Ors; Bibliography; General Index; Poems

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 1998 by Leo Cooper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473820784

1473820782

9781473801462

147380146X