Three Poets of the First World War (Penguin Classics)

Isaac Rosenberg,Ivor Gurney,Wilfred Owen,Jon Stallworthy,Jane Potter,Jon Stallworthy

ISBN 10: 0141182075 / ISBN 13: 9780141182070

Published by Penguin Classics 2011-11-03, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Poets of the First World War (Penguin Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics 2011-11-03
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141182075
• ISBN 13: 9780141182070
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An essential new collection of poetry from the First World War

This indispensable anthology brings together the works of three major poets from the First World War. Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) was a classical music composer and poet who published two volumes of poems, Severn and Somme and War's Embers. Wilfred Owen's (1893- 1918) realistic poetry is remarkable for its details of war and combat. Isaac Rosenberg's (1890-1918) Poems from the Trenches is widely considered one of the finest examples of war poetry from the period. Carefully selected by Jon Stallworthy, a professor emeritus of English at the University of Oxford, these poems comprise a landmark publication that reflects the disparate experiences of war through the voices of the soldiers themselves.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About the Author

Jon Stallworthy is a poet and literary critic who has published widely on twentieth-century literature and war poetry.