| Edmund Blunden: On the Trail of the Poets of the Great War Contributor(s): Guest, Philip (Author), McPhail, Helen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0850526787 ISBN-13: 9780850526783 Publisher: Pen & Sword Military OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: The First World War had far more influence on subsequent literature than did the experience of the Second World War. The "Poets of the Great War" series was launched recently with a well-received volume on Wilfred Owen, a gifted poet who was killed a week before the Armistice. Edmund Blunden represents the second type of war poet, one who survived the war but whose later career, in this case spanning nearly sixty years, was forever marked by his wartime experiences. Blunden wrote one of the most acclaimed memoirs of World War I, an epic poem on the Third Battle of Ypres, and succeeded the late Rudyard Kipling as literary adviser to the Imperial War Graves Commission in 1936. This heavily illustrated account surveys all of the sites associated with Blunden's wartime career, and identifies all of the locations and incidents referred to in his writings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00363756 |
| Series: Battleground Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.33" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edmund Blunden: On a Poets Trail is the second guide in the Battleground Poet Specials. Following on from the highly successful Wilfred Owen guide, the book follows the war career of this prolific First World War poet. Details of maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads to guide the visitor through the events, vividly describing the sufferings of battle and trench life. |
