Book Description
Reissued to mark the centenary of Wilfred Owen's birth, this biography is more than a simple account of his life--the childhood spent in the back streets of Birkenhead and Shrewsbury, the appalling months in the trenches--it is an enquiry into the workings of a poet's mind. Reproducing some of Owen's drawings and facsimile manuscripts of many of his greatest poems, this portrait is indispensable to any student of Wilfred Owen and the poetry of the First World War.
Wilfred Owen FROM THE CRITICS
Kingsley Amis - Observer
An outstanding book, a worthy memorial to its subject.
John Lehmann - Sunday (Telegraph)
Mr. Stallworthy has written an excellent book. Not a critical study. But a biography that shows unobtrusive, critical acumen as well as deep imaginative understanding. It is as lovingly detailed as the records of Owen's short life permits, but it is always fascinatingly readable, in fact engrossing.
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