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035 a| (OCoLC)858731084;

020 a| 0374280320;

020 a| 9780374280321;

050 4 a| PR605.W65b| E47 2014;

082 04 a| 821.912093582| 23;

100 1 a| Egremont, Max,d| 1948-=| ^A611170;

245 10 a| Some desperate glory :b| the First World War the poets knew /c| Max Egremont.;

246 30 a| First World War the poets knew;

250 a| First American edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| 2014.;

300 a| xi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and indexes.;

520 a| 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.;

611 27 a| World War (1914-1918)2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01180746?| UNAUTHORIZED;

650 0 a| World War, 1914-1918x| Literature and the war.=| ^A76863;

650 0 a| War poetry, Englishy| 20th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A182640;

650 7 a| War and literature.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01170442;

650 7 a| War poetry, English.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01170569;

648 7 a| 1900 - 19992| fast;

655 7 a| Criticism, interpretation, etc.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01411635;

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Some desperate glory : the First World War the poets knew / Max Egremont.

Author/creator	Egremont, Max, 1948-
Format	Book
Edition	First American edition.
Publication	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Description	xi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war. War poetry, English--20th century. --History and criticism.

Portion of title	First World War the poets knew
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and indexes.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN	0374280320
ISBN	9780374280321

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