Cuthbertson, Guy (2015) Wilfred Owen. Yale University Press.
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One of Britain's best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the First World War, having acted heroically as soldier and officer despite his famous misgivings about the war's rationale and conduct. He left behind a body of poetry that sensitively captured the pity, rage, valour and futility of the conflict. In this new biography Guy Cuthbertson provides a fresh account of Owen's life and formative influences: the lower-middle-class childhood he tried to escape; the places he lived in, from Birkenhead to Bordeaux; his class anxieties and his religious doubts; his sexuality and friendships; his close relationship with his mother and his childlike personality. Cuthbertson chronicles a great poet's growth to poetic maturity, illuminates the social strata of the extraordinary Edwardian era, and adds rich context to how Owen's enduring verse can be understood.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Keywords: | "Wilfred Owen First World War Poetry" |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Ann Houghton |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2016 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 15:00 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/615 |
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