The poetry of shell shock
Subtitle: wartime trauma and healing in Wilfred Owen, Ivor Gurney and Siegfried Sassoon
By: by Daniel Hipp.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation.; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; War neuroses -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Soldiers' writings, English -- History and criticism.; War poetry, English -- History and criticism.; Psychic trauma in literature.
Description: "This work investigates the ways in which the poetry of war functioned as a means for Owen, Gurney and Sassoon to express the inexpressible and to extract value out of the experience of war"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index.