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Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology

by Tim Kendall

Oxford Univ. 2014 . 368p. ed. . ISBN 9780199581443. $19.95; pap. ISBN 9780198703204. $15.95; ebk. ISBN 9780191642050.

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An excellent sampling of the best war poets of World War I including Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, and Robert Graves. Poetry can be a very visceral form of memoir, offering intimate insight into the mind and experience of the writer that is often not possible in prose.

Reviewed by Benjamin Brudner , Jan 01, 2016

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