A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Illustrated Poetry of the First World War
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A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Illustrated Poetry of the First World War

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"Some of the most beautiful poetry ever written has come from the horror of the trenches. Represented here are poems dashed off in the full awfulness of the battlefield, as well as those honed with the terrible benefit of hindsight. And there are poems from an earlier age whose themes and aching beauty exactly matched the mood of a nation as an entire generation was l...more
Hardcover, 188 pages
Published December 25th 2008 by Transatlantic Press
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Amy
As a Great War enthusiast I find this collection indispensable, there are a good choice of poems to interest someone just starting out with WWI poetry, or a fan. The photographs help to get a better feel of the horror experienced by the authors.
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