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Out of Battle

The Poetry of the Great War

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  • © 1998

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  1. Jon Silkin
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 1-31

  3. Thomas Hardy

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 32-55

  4. Rudyard Kipling and Rupert Brooke

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 56-69

  5. Charles Sorley and Others

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 70-84

  6. Edward Thomas

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 85-101

  7. Edmund Blunden and Ivor Gurney

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 102-129

  8. Siegfried Sassoon

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 130-167

  9. Herbert Read, Richard Aldington, and Ford Madox Ford

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 168-196

  10. Wilfred Owen

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 197-248

  11. Isaac Rosenberg

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 249-314

  12. David Jones

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 315-340

  13. Conclusion

    • Jon Silkin
    Pages 341-349

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 351-374
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About this book

The poetry of the Great War is among the most powerful ever written in the English language. Unique for its immediacy and searing honesty, it has made a fundamental contribution to our understanding of and response to war and the suffering it creates. Widely acclaimed as an indispensable guide to the Great War poets and their work, Out of Battle explores in depth the variety of responses from Rupert Brook, Ford Madox Ford, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Issac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas to the events they witnessed. Other poets discussed are Hardy, Kipling, Charles Sorely, Ivor Gurney, Herbert Read, Richard Aldington and David Jones. For the second edition of Out of Battle , a substantial new preface has been added together with an appendix on the unresolved problems concerning the Owen manuscripts. An updated bibliography provides useful guidance for further reading.

Reviews

'..through Silkin's subtle and informing consideration the poets take on a new individuality and stature.' - The Daily Telegraph

'a most impressive book.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'How simulative of ever-fresh speculation is Jon Silkin's logically developed exploration, sometimes impassioned and often exciting.' - The Times

'Should find a permanent place in the literature dealing with the Great War.' - New Statesman

About the author

Jon Silkin is Fellow of Poetry at the University of Leeds.

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