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"The Poetry is in the Pity": Wilfred Owen and the Memory of the First World War |
A memorial to the poets of the First World War stands in the corner of Westminster Abbey. Inscribed… |
Vincent Trott |
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4-11 November 1918: Wilfred Owen and armistice Day in Memory and History |
In an early preface to his collected war poems, Wilfred Owen wrote of his work that "The subject of… |
Alex Nordlund |
| 13 |
Wilfred Owen: The '60s Poet |
With the centenary of the first Armistice Day - and the centenary of Wilfred Owen's death a week… |
Harry Ricketts |
| 14 |
Dulce et Decorum Est: Wilfred Owen’s Latin |
Wilfred Owen fought hard to learn Latin. He was acutely aware of the importance of the classical… |
Elizabeth Vandiver |
| 15 |
Wilfred Owen and the Culture of Commemoration |
We can approach the First World War from the perspective of the historian, with a view to providing… |
Eva Zettelmann |
| 16 |
At the Water’s Edge: Wilfred Owen and Water |
By the look of the photograph reproduced in Jon Stallworthy's biography, it was a fairly run-of-the… |
Gerald Dawe |
| 17 |
SHEER: Setting Wilfred Owen to Music |
"I can find no word to qualify my experiences except the word SHEER... It passed the limits of my… |
Tim Watts |
| 18 |
"Smile, Smile, Smile": Wilfred Owen and the Politicians |
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag
And smile, smile, smile...
One of the most famous songs… |
Douglas Kerr |
| 19 |
Wilfred Owen and the Modern Elegy |
Owen's elegies are characterised by his scepticism of the genre's consolatory power. Such wariness… |
Emma Suret |
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Reliving Wilfred Owen's 'Exposure' in Louis Simpson's World War II Poem 'The Battle' |
Wilfred Owen’s legacy is often characterized by hallmarks such as his use of pararhyme or half… |
Michael Sarnowski |
