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Wilfred Owen
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Pages: 120 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0701161264
Pub: Chatto and Windus
Pub date: 1994-02-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10004
Reader Reviews:
Owen - One of the Greats (9/10 people found this helpful)
Clearly, Owen was a genius. His poetry really speaks of the horrors of war and serves as a reminder to all us youngsters that World War I should not be romanticised or forgotten.
On the day of receiving this, I read all of the poems as well as the biography of Owen himself. All of Owen's best work is here, and I'm particularly fond of 'Futility' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'. Owen's poem 'The Wrestlers', which I didn't know about until I bought this, was also an enjoyable read.
I just wonder how many more great poems Owen would have written if his life hadn't been so cruelly cut short by the Great War. Whatever he would have written over the next 50 years, I'm sure it would only have served to cement his place as one of the great war poets. Owen was made immortal by his early death, but, on the evidence of his short life's work, he would have become a legend anyway.
A excellent insight into war (19/20 people found this helpful)
I first got this book because I needed it for an essay, but after reading found it to be a fabulous insight into the brutal nature of war. Owen really tells it like it is and while the rest of the world were, at that time, glorifying the wonders of war Owen was actaully depicting the harsh reality. Clearly shown in poems like Dulce et Decorum est and He Died Smiling. For an excellent insight on the real nature of war it is highly recommendable.
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