Poets of the Great War (compilation)

Poets of the Great War

Read by Michael Maloney, Jasper Britton, Michael Sheen, and Sarah Woodward

compilation

‘The truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled…’ Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices to express the horror of what they discovered. The great names – Owen, Sassoon – are fully represented, but there are also many poems by lesser-known or unexpected figures, ranging from serving soldiers like Isaac Rosenberg and Richard Aldington to women such as Edith Nesbit and Vera Brittain. The poems are arranged by theme to give a sense of how the writers’ feelings and attitudes evolved.

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2 CDs | Running Time: 1h 52m | ISBN: 978–962–634–109–4 | Cat. no.: NA210912 | RRP: £10.99RRP:£10.99 GBPSRP: US $ 17.98RRP:£10.99 GBP

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INCLUDED IN Poets of the Great War

Rupert BrookeThe Soldier
Edward ThomasThis is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong
Isaac Rosenberg The ‘Dead Heroes’
Edward ThomasThere Was a Time
Siegfried SassoonThe Kiss
Julian GrenfellInto Battle
Charles Sorley All the Hills and Vales Along
Wilfred Owen Exposure
Isaac RosenbergLouse Hunting
Richard Aldington Trench Idyll
Isaac RosenbergBreak of Day in the Trenches
Siegfried SassoonThe Redeemer
Robert NicholsBattery Moving up to New Position from Rest Camp: Dawn
Richard Aldington Bombardment
Wilfred Owen The Chances
Wilfred OwenSpring Offensive
Wilfred OwenThe Sentry
Siegfried SassoonCounter-Attack
Robert NicholsCasualty
Wilfred OwenAnthem for Doomed Youth
Charles SorleyWhen You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead
Isaac RosenbergThe Dying Soldier
Edward ThomasA Private
Wilfred OwenFutility
Richard AldingtonSoliloquy 1 & 2
Robert GravesSergeant-Major Money
Siegfried SassoonSuicide in the Trenches
Siegfried SassoonThe Hero
Isaac RosenbergDead Man’s Dump
Wilfred OwenStrange Meeting
RupertBrookeThe Dead
Wilfred OwenDulce et Decorum Est
Siegfried SassoonBase Details
Siegfried SassoonThe General
Mary Postgate ColeThe Veteran
Edmund BlundenConcert Party – Busseboom
Arthur Graeme WestGod! How I Hate You
Edith Sitwell The Dancers
Laurence BinyonFetching the Wounded
Richard AldingtonField Manoeuvres
Isaac Rosenberg Returning, We Hear the Larks
Rose MacaulayPicnic
Edmund BlundenThe Sentry’s Mistake
Edward ThomasAs the Team’s Head Brass
May SinclairField Ambulances In Retreat
Edmund BlundenThe Zonnebeke Road15
Herbert ReadMy Company
Edward ThomasThe Sun Used to Shine
Edith NesbitSpring in War-Time
Ivor GurneyTo His Love
Eleanor FarjeonEaster Monday
RobertGravesTwo Fusiliers
Siegfried SassoonEveryone Sang
Vera BrittainThe Lament of the Demobilized
Edmund BlundenCan You Remember?
Richard AldingtonEpilogue to Death of a Hero
Ezra PoundExtract from Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Lament
Walter de la Mare Peace
Osbert SitwellThe Next War
Thomas HardyIn Time of the Breaking of Nations
Laurence BinyonFor the Fallen

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