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First World War Poems (Hardcover)

by Andrew Motion (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 171 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (6 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571212077
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571212071
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 599,846 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 selection of our best-known war poets, this collection also returns lesser known pieces to the light and extends the selection right through to the present day. The text serves to remind us how poetry of that time has, more than any other art from, come to stand testament to the grief and outrage occasioned by World War I.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Millions of broken reeds, 20 Feb 2005
By Christian Spriet "Chacklee Chack" (Bruges, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Bringing out the mpteenth WWI poetry volume, any compiler should know, is a precarious enterprise. 80-odd years on, one can hardly sustantiate that there would be a shortage of anthologies in the domain.
More, the ultimate standard today should be the moulding into literary form of the unutterable and existential experience of waiting, worrying and mourning. Ideally, the vulnerability - whether physical or mental - should remain as unimpaired today as it used to in those trouble-ridden days.
Some specific lines of approach about this edition are the noticeable focus on Edward Thomas, whose moving 'Rain' is featured on the dust jacket, and Gurney, who seems to confirm the undisputed stature of a giant in the genre he acquired only recently.
Anby selection is debatable, and we would have included more Blunden and not omitted Leighton, McCrae, Frankau and Ledwidge. These might yet have heightened the poet laureate's search for poetry that remains actual even topical while transcending the anecdotal at the same time.
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