Wilfred Owen
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Overview
Reissued to mark the centenary of Wilfred Owen's birth, this biography is more than a simple account of his life--the childhood spent in the back streets of Birkenhead and Shrewsbury, the appalling months in the trenches--it is an enquiry into the workings of a poet's mind. Reproducing some of Owen's drawings and facsimile manuscripts of many of his greatest poems, this portrait is indispensable to any student of Wilfred Owen and the poetry of the First World War.
Synopsis
Reissued to mark the centenary of Wilfred Owen's birth, this biography is more than a simple account of his life—the childhood spent in the back streets of Birkenhead and Shrewsbury, the appalling months in the trenches—it is an enquiry into the workings of a poet's mind. Reproducing some of Owen's drawings and facsimile manuscripts of many of his greatest poems, this portrait is indispensable to any student of Wilfred Owen and the poetry of the First World War.
Sunday (Telegraph) - John Lehmann
Mr. Stallworthy has written an excellent book. Not a critical study. But a biography that shows unobtrusive, critical acumen as well as deep imaginative understanding. It is as lovingly detailed as the records of Owen's short life permits, but it is always fascinatingly readable, in fact engrossing.
Editorials
John Lehmann
Mr. Stallworthy has written an excellent book. Not a critical study. But a biography that shows unobtrusive, critical acumen as well as deep imaginative understanding. It is as lovingly detailed as the records of Owen's short life permits, but it is always fascinatingly readable, in fact engrossing.—Sunday (Telegraph)
Kingsley Amis
An outstanding book, a worthy memorial to its subject.—Observer