This collection of short biographies of those remarkable men who sought to record the First World War in poetry draws on letters, memoirs and portraits. Key poems by each of the poets are included, alongside images of Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and Ivor Gurney, to provide a new approach to one of the most devastating events of the last century.
Featured portrait, of Isaac Rosenberg by London Art Studios (1917), is reproduced from First World War Poets.
FORMAT: Pbk, 5.75 x 7.75 in. / 120 pgs / 30 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $19.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $25 ISBN: 9781855144897 PUBLISHER: National Portrait Gallery AVAILABLE: 7/31/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by National Portrait Gallery. Text by Alan Judd, David Crane.
This collection of short biographies of those remarkable men who sought to record the First World War in poetry draws on letters, memoirs and portraits. Key poems by each of the poets are included, alongside images of Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg and Ivor Gurney, to provide a new approach to one of the most devastating events of the last century.
