Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015
ISBN 10: 0374535442 ISBN 13: 9780374535445
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015
ISBN 10: 0374535442 ISBN 13: 9780374535445
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015
ISBN 10: 0374535442 ISBN 13: 9780374535445
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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Verlag: Farrar, Straus And Giroux Mai 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 0374535442 ISBN 13: 9780374535445
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Max Egremont's Some Desperate Glory presents the story of World War I through the lives and words of its poets. The hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of what many believed would be the war to end all wars is in 2014. And while World War I devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetry-words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else.The poets-many of whom were killed-show not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. In Some Desperate Glory, the historian and biographer Max Egremont gives us a transfiguring look at the life and work of this assemblage of poets. Wilfred Owen with his flaring genius; the intense, compassionate Siegfried Sassoon; the composer Ivor Gurney; Robert Graves, who would later spurn his war poems; the nature-loving Edward Thomas; the glamorous Fabian Socialist Rupert Brooke; and the shell-shocked Robert Nichols-all fought in the war, and their poetry is a bold act of creativity in the face of unprecedented destruction.Some Desperate Glory includes a chronological anthology of the poets' works, telling the story of the war not only through the lives of these writers but also through their art. This unique volume unites the poetry and the history of the war-so often treated separately-granting readers the pride, strife, and sorrow of the individual soldier's experience coupled with a panoramic view of the war's toll on an entire nation.
Verlag: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX, 2015
ISBN 10: 0374535442 ISBN 13: 9780374535445
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Über den AutorMax Egremont was born in 1948 and studied modern history at Oxford University. He is the author of several novels and works of history and biography, including Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of Eas.