Some desperate glory
Subtitle: the First World War the poets knew
By: Max Egremont
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780374280321
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Literature and the war; History and criticism; English War poetry
Other titles: First World War the poets knew
Description: Examines "the life and work of [the WWI poets--many of whom were killed--which shows not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men : Wilfred Owen with his flaring genius; the intense, compassionate Siegfried Sassoon; the composer Ivor Gurney; Robert Graves, who would later spurn his war poems; the nature-loving Edward Thomas; the glamorous Fabian Socialist Rupert Brooke; and the shell-shocked Robert Nichols--all fought in the war, and their poetry is a bold act of creativity in the face of unprecedented destruction"--Amazon.com.
Notes: "Originally published in 2014 by Picador, an imprint of Pan  Macmillan, Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.