English poetry of the First World War : a study in the evolution of lyric and narrative form

"The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the work of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Herbert Read, and David Jones. He finds in Read and Jones the culmination of a tendency away from personal lyric response toward formal control and a positive vision. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905"--EBSCO The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the work of Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Herbert Read, and David Jones. He finds in Read and Jones the culmination of a tendency away from personal lyric response toward formal control and a positive vision. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND II. THE EARLY POETS RUPERT BROOKE JULIAN GRENFELL ROBERT NICHOLS CHARLES SORLEY III. REALISM AND SATIRE: SIEGFRIED SASSOON IV. UNDER TONES : EDMUND BLUNDEN V. POETRY AND PITY: WILFRED OWEN VI. POETRY AND PITY: ISAAC ROSENBERG VII. THE "HIGHER REALITY": HERBERT READ VIII. THE HEROIC VISION: DAVID JONES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX