Wilfred Owen: On the Trail of the Poets of the Great War (Battleground Europe. on the Trail of the Poets of the Great War)
Book Details
Author(s)Helen McPhail, Philip Guest
PublisherLeo Cooper
ISBN / ASIN0850526140
ISBN-139780850526141
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,932,124
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This is a guide to the battlefields that inspired the young and sensitive poet, whose poems are probably the twentieth century's best-known literary expressions of experience of war. Detailed maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads guide the visitor through the battlefields. Owen's letters are used extensively, together with his poetry, linking specific places events, vividly describing the suffering of the trench.
