Rupert Brooke & Wilfred Owen
Heartbreakingly beautiful poems from the First World War poets
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- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2023
Summary
If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England.
From The Soldier to Anthem for Doomed Youth, Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brooke’s work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:
‘Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?’
from The Old Vicarage, Grant…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399614061 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399614061 |
| Author: | Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | The Great Poets |
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About The Author
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was educated at Rugby and King’s College, Cambridge. His first book of verse, Poems, was published in 1911. When World War I broke out, he joined the Royal Naval Division and died on the way to Gallipoli in 1915.
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) began writing poetry as a teenager and became an English teacher in France. During World War I he fought on the Somme, was awarded the Military Cross and was killed just before the war ended.
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