The Cambridge Companion to the Poetry of the First World War

doi:10.1017/CCO9781139087520

The poetry of the First World War remains a singularly popular and powerful body of work. This Companion brings together leading scholars in the field to re-examine First World War poetry in English at the start of the centennial commemoration of the war. It offers historical and critical contexts, fresh readings of the important soldier-poets, and investigations of the war poetry of women and civilians, Georgians and Anglo-American modernists and of poetry from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the former British colonies. The volume explores the range and diversity of this body of work, its rich afterlife and the expanding horizons and reconfiguration of the term 'First World War Poetry'. Complete with a detailed chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion concludes with a conversation with three poets - Michael Longley, Andrew Motion and Jon Stallworthy - about why and how the war and its poetry continue to resonate with us.

'The Cambridge Companion includes essays on poetry by women, and from all parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as from British colonies, to illuminate the expanding frame of reference.'

Source: The Times Literary Supplement

‘Each title I have reviewed in the Cambridge Companions series offers a well-written and up-to-date analysis of its focus and once again this Companion meets the high standard of writing and intellectual engagement I expect.'

Linda Kemp Source: Reference Reviews

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The Cambridge Companion to the Poetry of the First World War - Half title page
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The Poetry of the First World War
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The Poetry of the First World War - Title page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Figures
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Notes on Contributors
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- By Fran Brearton, Sarah Cole, Neil Corcoran, Santanu Das, Simon Featherstone, Christine Froula, Sandra M. Gilbert, David Goldie, Margaret R. Higonnet, Peter Howarth, Tim Kendall, Edna Longley, Michael Longley, Andrew Motion, Adrian Poole, Mark Rawlinson, Vincent Sherry, Jon Stallworthy, Elizabeth Vandiver, Jay Winter
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Frontispiece
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Chronology of Events and Publications
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Chronology of Poets
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Part I - Historical and Critical Contexts
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Reframing First World War Poetry: An Introduction
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1 - First World War Poetry: A Cultural Landscape
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- By Vincent Sherry
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2 - Poetic Form and the First World War
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Part II - Soldier-Poets
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3 - Early Poets of the First World War
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- By Elizabeth Vandiver
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4 - Later Poets of the First World War
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- By Mark Rawlinson
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5 - Siegfried Sassoon
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- By Sarah Cole
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6 - Isaac Rosenberg
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7 - Wilfred Owen
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8 - Edward Thomas and Ivor Gurney
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- By Edna Longley
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9 - David Jones
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- By Adrian Poole
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Part III - Archipelagic, Colonial and Civilian War Poetry
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10 - Archipelagic Poetry of the First World War
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- By David Goldie
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11 - Colonial Poetry of the First World War
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- By Simon Featherstone
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12 - Women’s Poetry of the First World War
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- By Margaret R. Higonnet
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13 - Civilian War Poetry: Hardy and Kipling
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- By Tim Kendall
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