Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology
ed. Tim Kendall
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“It’s quite a recent anthology, but it’s probably become the definitive First World War anthology, produced by Tim Kendall—who is a leading war academic and also a poet himself. He’s tended towards the ‘best,’ if you can put it in those terms; he uses an aesthetic principle rather than looking for range. All the big names are in there, but he has possibly expanded our idea of what a ‘war poet’ is.” Read more...
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