The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon: Arranged and Introduced by Rupert Hart-Davis - Brossura

Sassoon, Siegfried

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ISBN 10: 0571240097 ISBN 13: 9780571240098

Casa editrice: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2012

Riassunto

Siegfried Sassoon is one of the First World War poets whose poetry has defined a generation. He published most of his war poetry in The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918). Chronologically ordered, the poems in this collection act as a timeline for the war, bringing to life the extraordinary experiences of soldiers in that conflict.

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Informazioni sull?autore

The celebrated British poet, editor, critic, novelist, and diarist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) enlisted for military service on the first day of World War I; his friends in the service included Robert Graves and Wilfred Owen. Sassoon's war poems were originally published in The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918). After the war, he went on to write several other books of poetry and criticism, as well as six volumes of prose autobiography.

Rupert Hart-Davis was the editor of the original collected letters of Oscar Wilde, published in 1962.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0571240097
• ISBN 13: 9780571240098
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Redattore: Hart-Davis Rupert
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile