First World War Poems MINT SIGNED

Motion Andrew - Edited By

ISBN 10: 0571221203 / ISBN 13: 9780571221202

Published by Faber and Faber, UK, 2003

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An as new second printing in likewise illustrated wraps. This immaculate unread copy is SIGNED by the Poet Laureate to the title page. Scarce to find with these superb attributes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First World War Poems MINT SIGNED
• Publisher: Faber and Faber, UK
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571221203
• ISBN 13: 9780571221202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Signed: Author Signed

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Synopsis

The First World War produced some of the most haunting and memorable poetry of our age. In this compelling anthology, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion guides us through both the horror and the pity of that conflict, from the trenches of the Western Front to reflections from our own age. With a generous selection of our best-loved war poets, First World War Poems also returns lesser known pieces to the light. This mesmerizing book reminds us how the poetry of that time has, more than any art form, come to stand testament to the grief and outrage occasioned by World War I.

About the Author

Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009; he is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and co-founder of the online Poetry Archive. He has received numerous awards for his poetry, and has published four celebrated biographies. His group study The Lamberts won the Somerset Maugham Award and his authorised life of Philip Larkin won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Andrew Motion's novella The Invention of Dr Cake (2003) was described as 'amazingly clever' by the Irish Times and praised for 'brilliant and almost hallucinatory vividness' by the Sunday Telegraph. His memoir, In the Blood (2006), was described as 'the most moving and exquisitely written account of childhood loss I have ever read' in the Independent on Sunday. His most recent collection of poems is The Customs House (2012). Andrew Motion was knighted for his services to poetry in 2009. In 2014 he received the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award.