Wilfred Owen
'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.'
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was born to Thomas and Susan Owen on the 18th of March 1893 near Oswestry, Shropshire. Upon the death of Owens's grandfather in 1897, the Owen family were forced to move from the house he had owned in Oswestry to lodgings in Birkenhead (1898), Merseyside, and it was in the Birkenhead Institute that Owen's education began. In 1907, when Thomas Owen was appointed Assistant Superintendent for the Western Region of the railways, the family moved to Shrewsbury where Owen's education continued at the Shrewsbury Borough Technical School. Upon leaving school at 18, Owen spent a period of months working as a pupil-teacher at Wyle Cop School. In the autumn he passed the matriculation examination for the University of London but without the first class honours needed to gain a scholarship. Unable to afford to study, he worked as lay assistant to the Vicar of Dunsden near Reading. In his spare time he also attended University College, Reading, and is known to have studied the diverse subjects of botany and poetry. Between 1913 and 1915 Owen travelled to Bordeaux,…
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| # | Resource Title | Description | Contributor |
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| 21 | SHEER: Setting Wilfred Owen to Music | "I can find no word to qualify my experiences except the word SHEER... It passed the limits… | Tim Watts |
| 22 | "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… | Douglas Kerr |
| 23 | Wilfred Owen and the Modern Elegy | Owen's elegies are characterised by his scepticism of the genre's consolatory power. Such wariness… | Emma Suret |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Collected Poems | ebook version of Collected Poems | |
| 26 | From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth | Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'. Imperial War… | Jean Moorcroft Wilson |
| 27 | The Last Phase | A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed… | Max Egremont |
| 28 | Wilfred Owen: 'Futility' | Blog post + discussion about the Owen's poem 'Futility'. By Professor Tim Kendall on the War Poetry… | Tim Kendall |
| 29 | Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfred Owen | Blog post by Professor Tim Kendall and discussion. From the War Poetry blog. | Tim Kendall |
| 30 | Wilfred Owen Grave | Wilfred Owen - the grave in Ors communal cemetery |