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11 At the Water’s Edge: Wilfred Owen and Water By the look of the photograph reproduced in Jon Stallworthy's biography, it was a fairly run-of-the… Gerald Dawe
12 Postcard from the Front Lines of Teaching "Dulce et Decorum Est" Wilfred Owen is the most famous of the World War One soldier-poets, and "Dulce et Decorum Est" is… Eleanor Mary Boudreau
13 SHEER: Setting Wilfred Owen to Music "I can find no word to qualify my experiences except the word SHEER... It passed the limits of my… Tim Watts
14 "Smile, Smile, Smile": Wilfred Owen and the Politicians Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag And smile, smile, smile... One of the most famous songs… Douglas Kerr
15 Wilfred Owen and the Modern Elegy Owen's elegies are characterised by his scepticism of the genre's consolatory power. Such wariness… Emma Suret
16 Reliving Wilfred Owen's 'Exposure' in Louis Simpson's World War II Poem 'The Battle' Wilfred Owen’s legacy is often characterized by hallmarks such as his use of pararhyme or half-… Michael Sarnowski
17 Wilfred Owen - biography 'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.' Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (… Stuart Lee, Stephanie Fishwick
18 Edward Thomas - biography If the war goes on I believe I shall find myself a sort of Englishman, though neither poet or… Katharine Lindsay
19 Isaac Rosenberg - biography Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) was born in Bristol on 25th November 1890, the son of Barnett and Anna… Alisa Miller, Vivien Noakes
20 Ivor Guerney - biography 'Little did I dream, England, that you bore me / Under the Cotswold hills beside the water meadows… Stuart Lee
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