First World War
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(Also see: ' The War, The Great War, The First World War' - blog post by Stuart Lee about how wars earn their name.
| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfred Owen | ||
| 2 | Edward Thomas | ||
| 3 | This is a place one can go mad in – Ivor Gurney, Asylum Poet | Ivor Gurney was a First World War poet and a composer of beautiful songs, and orchestral and… | Kate Kennedy |
| 4 | The First World War, India and Empire | Professor Santanu Das discusses the complexity of commemoration, the messiness of history and the… | Santanu Das, Kate McLoughlin |
| 5 | Edmund Blunden | Margi Blunden, daughter of Edmund Blunden, talks about her father and his work. | Margi Blunden |
| 6 | Impact of the 1914 – 1918 Poets | Adrian Barlow looks at the impact of World War One poets in the years immediately following the War… | Adrian Barlow |
| 7 | 'Earth Voices Whispering’: Reading Ireland’s Poetry of WWI: An Introduction | Professor Gerald Dawe relates the Irish poetry of World War One to the history of Ireland itself… | Gerald Dawe |
| 8 | David Jones | Often overlooked, Dr Stuart Lee introduces David Jones and his seminal work 'In Parenthesis'. | Stuart Lee |
| 9 | Isaac Rosenberg: ‘Fierce Imaginings’ – the Private and the Poet | Author and editor, Jean Liddiard, presents the life and work of Isaac Rosenberg. | Jean Liddiard |
| 10 | Ivor Gurney: A Poet born out of War | Dr Philip Lancaster presents the life of literary musician Ivor Guney, and introduces some the key… | Philip Lancaster |