| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
Battleground Europe. On the trail of the poets of the Great War |
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Battleground Europe. On the trail of the poets of the Great War.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 11, 2014). |
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Originally published in 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
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Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. (OCoLC)fst00030191
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
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Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
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Soldiers -- Poetry.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Poets, English. (OCoLC)fst01067870
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Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Guest, Philip, 1924- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Guest, Philip. On the Trail of the Poets of the Great War : Wilfred Owen. Havertown : Pen and Sword, ©1998 9780850526141 |
| ISBN |
9781473801462 (electronic bk.) |
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147380146X (electronic bk.) |
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