
A Deep Cry
Soldier-poets Killed on the Western Front
Anne Powell(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 6. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-7509-5668-0 (ISBN)
Description
The lives, deaths, poetry, diaries and extracts from letters of sixty-six soldier-poets are brought together in this limited edition of Anne Powell's unique anthology; a fitting commemoration for the centenary of the First World War. These poems are not simply the works of well-known names such as Wilfred Owen - though they are represented - they have been painstakingly collected from a multitude of sources, and the relative obscurity of some of the voices makes the message all the more moving. Moreover, all but five of these soldiers lie within forty-five miles of Arras. Their deaths are described here in chronological order, with an account of each man's last battle. This in itself provides a revealing gradual change in the poetry from early naive patriotism to despair about the human race and the bitterness of 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
10 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-5668-0 (9780750956680)
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10/2014
The History Press Ltd
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