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Wilfred Owen: A New Biography
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While I certainly appreciated the 1974 biography by Jon Stallworthy, this 2002 effort by Dominic Hibberd is the definitive one. There is lots of detail about all aspects and periods of Wilfred Owen's life - but in particular it accepts that Owen was gay, and explores a little of that part of his life as well.
Owen was an interesting person in his own right, and it is fascinating to explore him as both a poet and a soldier. These two occupations were often in direct conflict, but we are the richer for it. He was carefully planning his first volume of verse, organised by 'Motive', with the following words in the Preface:
"Above all I am concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."
He was killed at the age of 25 - the same tragically young age as Keats - and we are the poorer for that. Owen wasn't known by the general public in his day, but he had (on his own merits) established friendships and a reputation with some literary lights of the day. Who knows what he would have gone on to accomplish?
But he was killed in the last battle of the Great War, only a week before Armistice. This story of his life is b
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Wilfred Owen an Illustrated Life
Wilfred Owen is the poet of pity, the voice of the soldier maimed, blinded, traumatised and killed, not just in the Great War, but in all wars since, so resonant has his message become. Although he saw only five of his poems published in his lifetime, he left behind a portfolio of poetry and letters that created a powerful legacy.
This generously illustrated book tells the story of Wilfred Owen's life and work anew, from his birth in 1893 until his death one week before the Armistice on 4 November 1918. It chronicles Owen's journey from a romantic youth, steeped in the poetry of Keats, to mature soldier awakened to the horrors of the Western Front. Drawing on rich archival material such as personal books, artefacts, family photographs and numerous manuscripts, the volume takes a fresh look at Owen's apprenticeship and eventual mastery of poetry, giving a comprehensive view of the relationship between his lived experience and his writing.
Those already familiar with or well-versed in Owen's work will find new material in this book, and those coming to Owen for the first time will enjoy a well researched, yet accessible, illustrated introduction to one of the twentieth century's greatest poets.
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Biography
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