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War poems / Siegfried Sassoon.

By: Publication details: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2018.Edition: Dover EditionDescription: xiii, 111 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780486826820 (softcover)
  • 0486826821 (softcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Poems. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 821.912 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6037.A86 A6 2018
Other classification:
  • POE005020 | HIS027090 | LCO009000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Absolution -- Brothers -- The Dragon and the Undying -- France -- To Victory -- When I'm among a Blaze of Lights.
Summary: "At the dawn of World War I, poet Siegfried Sassoon exchanged his pastoral pursuits of cricket, fox-hunting, and romantic verse for army life amid the muddy trenches of France. This collection of his epigrammatic and satirical poetry conveys the shocking brutality and pointlessness of the Great War. Over eighty works include "Counter-Attack," "They," "The General," and "Base Details.""--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Non-Fiction 821.912 SAS Available 071035
Total reserves: 0

Machine generated contents note: Absolution -- Brothers -- The Dragon and the Undying -- France -- To Victory -- When I'm among a Blaze of Lights.

"At the dawn of World War I, poet Siegfried Sassoon exchanged his pastoral pursuits of cricket, fox-hunting, and romantic verse for army life amid the muddy trenches of France. This collection of his epigrammatic and satirical poetry conveys the shocking brutality and pointlessness of the Great War. Over eighty works include "Counter-Attack," "They," "The General," and "Base Details.""--

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