Book Description
A remarkable anthology, including many largely unknown poems from the trenches, in which Martin Taylor illustrates the extraordinary range of emotions generated by the horror of the First World War and the experience of trench warfare.
About the Author
Martin Taylor was a librarian at the Imperial War Museum until his untimely death in 1996. He was also the author of a biography of Edmund Blunden, Overtones of War (Duckworth 1996).
Lads: Love Poetry of the Trenches FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this remarkable anthology, which includes many largely unknown poems from the trenches, Martin Taylor illustrates the extraordinary range of emotions generated by the horror of the First World War and the experience of trench warfare. In a fine introductory essay he discusses the friendships intensified under fire and the strong homo-erotic element characterising the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and others.
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