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Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches 1918-1967 (Paperback)

by Jean Moorcroft Wilson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 526 pages
  • Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (29 Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0715633244
  • ISBN-13: 978-0715633243
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 57,698 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"The Making of a War Poet: 'promises to be the definitive biography...compassionate as well as critical' Robert Nye, The Scotsman 'Invaluable' Andrew Motion, The Times 'thorough and perceptive' Jeremy Lewis, The Observer 'necessary and engrossing' Neil Powell, TLS 'compelling' Ian Hamilton, The Sunday Telegraph" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The poet as a hero, 22 Jul 2004
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This is a facsinating read. Siegfried Sassoon has become the figure who ultimately epitomizes the anger, disillusionment and protest which the Great War fuelled, and through the poetry which he wrote during this time, his memory has taken on an almost mythic quality.
However, as Dr.Wilson shows in the second volume of her Sassoon biography, Sassoon was by no means confined to writing "tracts agaisnst war" (as he put it), and went on to produce some wonderful poetry after the war, although perhaps less of is as immediately striking as his war verse.
Wilsons' tale of Sassoon is sympathetic and warmly told, and presents a sometimes endearing characters' struggle with love, his art and the turbulent emotions which dogged his long life, including those produced by what he called "the cursed nuisance of sex" and his inability to reconcile Eros with his higher sensibilities.
A charming tale, delightfully told.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A lengthy though fairly detailed account of Sassoon's life., 29 Oct 1998
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This review is from: Siegfried Sassoon: Making of a War Poet v.1: A Biography: Making of a War Poet Vol 1 (Hardcover)
This is the first volume of a two-volume account of the life of First World War poet and autobiographer Siegfried Sassoon. This weighty first volume takes the reader up to the end of Sassoon's participation in the First World War. It is particularly detailed on the background of his mother's family, the engineering dynasty of the Thornycrofts. Anyone who has read either Michael Thorpe's (now sadly out-of-print) account of Sassoon, "Siegfried Sassoon : A Critical Study" (OUP, 1967) or Paul Moeyes's more recent biography "Siegfried Sassoon : Scorched Glory" (Macmillan, 1997) will already be familiar with much of the material in Moorcroft Wilson's book, and in particular, the details of his father's family.

"The Making of a War Poet", does, however, cover the background of Sassoon's homosexuality in more detail than either of the aforementioned accounts did. It will be interesting to see what Moorcroft Wilson makes of his lengthy relationship with Stephen Tennant and his marriage to Hester Gatty.

Fans of Pat Barker's "Regeneration" trilogy (Viking, 1996) may be put off buying this biography by its price - particularly in view of the fact that this first volume covers much the same ground that Pat Barker has covered in her trilogy, and that Sassoon himself covered in his many semi-autobiographical and autobiographical accounts of his life. (See "Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man", "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer", "Sherston's Progress", "The Old Century and Seven More Years", "The Weald of Youth" and "Siegfried's Journey", Faber and Faber).

However if you have the price of the book to spare and time to read it then you will probably enjoy this book. Myself, I shall be interested to read volume two when it appears.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic - the definite Sassoon biography!, 4 Aug 2000
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This review is from: Siegfried Sassoon: Making of a War Poet v.1: A Biography: Making of a War Poet Vol 1 (Paperback)
This biography provides a fascinating insight into Sassoon's experiences during the war and as a poet, with in-depth and sensitive treatment of issues such as his war protest and his homosexuality. I recommend this to all Sassoon enthusiasts and eagerly await the second volume.
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