The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon - Couverture souple

Sassoon, Siegfried

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1603862846 ISBN 13 : 9781603862844

Editeur : Merchant Books, 2010

Synopsis

An unabridged edition, with sixty-four poems to include, but not limited to: Prelude: The Troops - Dreamers - The Redeemer - Trench Duty - Wirers - Break of Day - A Working Party - Stand-To: Good Friday Morning - "In The Pink" - The Hero - Before The Battle - The Road - Two Hundred Years After - The Dream - At Carnoy - Battalion Relief - The Dug-Out - The Rear-Guard - I Stood With the Dead - Suicide in Trenches - Attack - Counter-Attack - The Effect - Remorse - In An Underground Dressing-Station - Died Of Wounds - "They" - Base Details - Lamentations - The General - How to Die - Editorial Impressions - Fight to a Finish - Atrocities - The Fathers - "Blighters" - Glory of Women - Their Frailty - Does It Matter? - Survivors - Joy-Bells - Arms and the Man - When I'm Among a Blaze of Lights - The Kiss - The Tombstone-Maker - The One-Legged Man - Return of the Heroes - Everyone Sang

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Reading Sassoon's war poems is a trying experience that sears the soul. If you ever thought being a soldier would be a glorious experience, these poems will disabuse you. But you will also be entranced - I think that is the right word - by the music of the language. Sassoon does not have the incredible rhythms of Kipling or Tennyson. His Poetry is more in keeping with post-expressionism, word pictures that stay with you for a long time. It is a little like seeing Picasso or Kandinski when you are used to Rembrandt or Turner.

Biographie de l'auteur

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886–1967) was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a pointless war. He later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalized autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Merchant Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1603862846
• ISBN 13: 9781603862844
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible