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The New Oxford Book of War Poetry (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)
Jon (Ed Stallworthy
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There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy's classic and celebrated anthology spans centuries of human experience of war, from Homer's Iliad, through the First and Second World Wars, the Vietnam War, and the wars fought since. This new edition, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, includes a new introduction and additional poems from David Harsent and Peter Wyton amongst others. The new selection provides improved coverage of the two World Wars and the Vietnam War, and new coverage of ... Read more
There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy's classic and celebrated anthology spans centuries of human experience of war, from Homer's Iliad, through the First and Second World Wars, the Vietnam War, and the wars fought since. This new edition, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, includes a new introduction and additional poems from David Harsent and Peter Wyton amongst others. The new selection provides improved coverage of the two World Wars and the Vietnam War, and new coverage of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198704478
SKU
V9780198704478
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About Jon (Ed Stallworthy
Jon Stallworthy was a poet and Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Oxford University. He was a Fellow of the British Academy, and the author of many distinguished works of poetry, criticism, and translation. Among his books are critical studies of Yeats's poetry, and prize-winning biographies of Louis MacNiece and Wilfred Owen (hailed by Graham Greene as 'one of the ... Read more
Reviews for The New Oxford Book of War Poetry (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)
This anthology is exemplary ... poetry is celebrated in its ability to explore the subject of war in all its ramifications. [It] is certainly the best of its kind.
Ian Gregson, History Today
a very worthwhile collection
George Simmers, Great War Fiction
Ian Gregson, History Today
a very worthwhile collection
George Simmers, Great War Fiction