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World War One Lit, A2 or otherwise
Up the Line to Death: War Poets, 1914-18Up the Line to Death: War Poets, 1914-18
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Essential poetry.
Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen (New Directions Book)Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen (New Directions Book) by W Owen
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The War PoemsThe War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
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The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost RoadThe Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
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The two poets above meet in Barker's modern novel. (Much more intelligent book than Birdsong). DOn't feel you need the trilogy but it's an easy-going read, as war lit goes.
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Faber Fiction Classics)Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Faber Fiction Classics) by Siegfried Sassoon
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What happened to the Fox-Hunting Man, 1914-18.
Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin)Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin) by Robert Graves
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First ww1 thing I read, and loved it. Graves is the salt-of-the-earth.
Undertones of War (Penguin Modern Classics)Undertones of War (Penguin Modern Classics) by Edmund Blunden
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More challenging memoirs.
Scars Upon My Heart: Women's Poetry and Verse of the First World WarScars Upon My Heart: Women's Poetry and Verse of the First World War
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Anthology of women's poetry.
Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics)Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics) by R.C. Sherriff
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"Oh What a Lovely War" (Modern Plays)"Oh What a Lovely War" (Modern Plays)
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Heartbreak House (Penguin Plays & Screenplays)Heartbreak House (Penguin Plays & Screenplays) by Bernard Shaw
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Not so much war lit, as concentrating on the impact of the war on the upper classes at the time. Shocking stuff.