Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Siegfried Sassoon (eBook, PDF)

The Making of a War Poet, A biography (1886-1918)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book encompasses the complete life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, from his patriotic youth that led him to the frontline, to the formation of his anti-war convictions, great literary friendships and flamboyant love affairs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 630
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000101416
• Artikelnr.: 60551481

Autorenporträt

Jean Moorcroft Wilson is a lecturer in English at London University. Her previous books include biographies of Isaac Rosenberg and Charles Hamilton Sorley, as well as William Watson and Virginia Woolf. She is married to Virginia Woolf's nephew, with whom she runs a publishing house.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Plates Introduction
1. Heredities
2. Childhood in the Garden, 1886
1895
3. Lutes and Nightingales, 1895
1900
4. 'Harum
Scarum Schoolboy', 1900
1904
5. The Chancellor's Muddle, 1904
1907
6. Sporting Squire and Gentleman Writer, 1907
1914
7. Big London Where Poets Live, May
July 1914
8. The Happy Warrior, August 1914
November 1915
9. 'Goodbye to Galahad', November 1915
March 1916
10. 'At the Edge of the World', March
July 1916
11. 'My Killed Friends are With Me', August 1916
January 1917
12. The Wounded Hero, February
April 1917
13. 'Love Drove Me to Rebel', April
July 1917
14. Strange Meeting, July
November 1917
15. 'Love Drives Me Back', November 1917
May 1918
16. The Good Soldier, May
July 1918
17. 'A Loathsome Ending', July
November 1918
Afterword
Family Trees
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
A Select Bibliography Index.