Product Description

Assembling a broad selection of Great War poetry, this volume includes the famous but also the less well known poets, the popular songs of the day and poems from the Home Front. Here are Brooke's The Soldier, Owen's Spring Offensive - but also anonymous marching songs such as When This Blasted War Is Over, sung by British troops in their thousands, and poems by the women back home who waited for news of sons and husbands.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #284047 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Sunday Times
'The whole endeavour is united by a vision of such grim force that literary theories melt before its authority.'

Times Literary Supplement
'A welcome move away from some of the old illusions.'

Times Educational Supplement
'A masterly anthology ... Stephen's contribution to the debate is engrossing.'

Customer Reviews

World War 1 poetry
For those who enjoy poetry and military history then this compilation is a must. Thoughtfully presented with the author's own illustrations and informed narrative this really is a great collection of poems across the broad spectrum of those involved in the First World War.