First World War

(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
11	Manuscripts	In this short talk Dr Stuart Lee introduces some of the primary sources of World War One poetry:…	Stuart Lee
12	Edward Thomas: Edwardian War Poet	Dr Guy Cuthbertson takes an in-depth look at the poet Edward Thomas.	Guy Cuthbertson
13	Popular Poetry	Dr Stuart Lee discusses the popular poetry of the War years and the formation of the canon in the…	Stuart Lee
14	‘On your lips my life is hung’: Robert Graves and War	Dr Charles Mundye takes a look at how Robert Graves' experiences and feelings about War that…	Charles Mundye
15	Poetry vs. History	What place do the poets and their work have in the historical analysis of the War? Dr Stuart Lee…	Stuart Lee
16	Georgians and Others	Dr Stuart Lee gives a short introduction to the poetry movements that led up to the War.	Stuart Lee
17	The Early Poets	Dr Alisa Miller looks at the popular poets in the early years of the War and the way that the press…	Alisa Miller
18	Poetry of the Empire	World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone looks…	Simon Featherstone
19	Siegfried Sassoon	Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war) poems…	Meg Crane
20	Wilfred Owen	Professor Jon Stallworthy, editor and biographer of Wilfred Owen, introduces one of the most…	Jon Stallworthy