The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
“The very content of Owen’s poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of...
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“The very content of Owen’s poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owen’s papers in the British Museum and other archives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811201322 (0811201325)
Publish date: January 17th 1965
Publisher: New Directions
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
College,
Poetry