Wilfred Owen
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300153007 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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He accounts for why Owen could be initially dubious about the war yet join in it, be against it yet determined to fight and suffer with the troops under him. From Booklist *Starred Review* Wilfred Owen, who, at 25, was killed a week before the armistice, is the greatest English-language poet of WWI who died fighting it. --Ray Olson . Granting that there are more thorough biographies of Owen, Cuthbertson says he wishes to highlight Owen’s life and character by focusing on the relationships of “the child and the man,” “the man and the poetry,” and &ld
He left behind a body of poetry that sensitively captured the pity, rage, valor, and futility of the conflict.In this new biography Guy Cuthbertson provides a fresh account of Owen's life and formative influences: the lower-middle-class childhood that he tried to escape; the places he lived in, from Birkenhead to Bordeaux; his class anxieties and his religious doubts; his sexuality and friendships; his close relationship with his mother and his childlike personality. Cuthbertson chronicles a great poet's growth to poetic maturity, illuminates the social strata of the extraordinary Edwardian era, and adds rich context to how Owen's enduring verse can be understood.. One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at age 25 on one of the last days of the First World W
but I found it a disappointment on a number of counts Bonny I was eager to read Cuthbertson's book as I am a long-time devotee of Wilfred Owen, but I found it a disappointment on a number of counts. There is a great deal of name dropping of famous people who turn out to have no connection to Owen (ie Owen and Montaigne both lived in Bordeaux at one time , their times being 350 years apart and no further connection). The author himself makes snarky comments about Owen's "lower middle class" background. The book could b