First published in 1937.
An anthology of war poems with study notes and work ideas.
Caught in the Crossfire
The Logic of Death
250 poems arranged chronologically by conflict, to produce a history of warfare as seen by the most eloquent observers and chroniclers of its effects.
This anthology serves its title well, offering a marvellous collection of high quality old favourites as well as a number of very welcome surprises. The scope and depth of this selection works in a way that the work of no single poet could.
Peter Vansittart takes us through the course of the Great War, juxtaposing letters from the trenches with music-hall songs, and the words of poets and politicians. Linking the public and the personal, the history with the myth.
Strange Meetings: Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen and Poetry of War