The Poems Of Wilfred Owen

Derived from Jon Stallworthys twovolume Complete Poems and Fragments 1983described as a triumph Times Literary Supplement and a definitive textLos Angeles Times... » 

Derived from Jon Stallworthys twovolume Complete Poems and Fragments 1983described as a triumph Times Literary Supplement and a definitive textLos Angeles Timesthis is the finest singlevolume edition of the work of thegreatest poet of the First World War. Of all the work bequeathed by to us bythat generation of young men who fought in the trenches Owens is the mostremarkable for its breadth of sympathy and its understanding of human sufferingand tenderness at home and on the battlefield. This new authoritativeedition indispensable to student and general reader alike contains the textsof 103 poems and twelve fragments among them thirtythree poems not previouslypublished or otherwise available in paperback edition. Many of the most famoushave important new readings illuminating notes and a detailed biographicaltable are also included. «