Three Poets of the First World War

by Gurney, Ivor; Owen, Wilfred; Rosenberg, Isaac; Stallworthy, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780141182070
• ISBN10: 0141182075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-27
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

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 Sommeand 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 Trenchesis 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.

Author Biography

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