English Poetry of the First World War

John H. Johnston

Published by Princeton University Press 1964

English Poetry of the First World War

John H. Johnston

Volume 2176 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400877355

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The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the work of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Herbert Read, and David Jones. He finds in Read and Jones the culmination of a tendency away from personal lyric response toward formal control and a positive vision.

Originally published in 1964.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Foreground and Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Ii. The Early Poets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
III. Realism and Satire: Siegfried Sassoon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
IV. Undertones : Edmund Blunden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
V. Poetry and Pity: Wilfred Owen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
VI. Poetry and Pity: Isaac Rosenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
VII. The "Higher Reality": Herbert Read Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
VIII. The Heroic Vision: David Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347