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Edward Thomas : a Mirror of England.
Edward Thomas volunteered when he was 37 years old and a father of three and was killed, as an artillery officer, during the first hour of the Arras offensive, on April 9th, 1917. In the two years before his death, he wrote the 144 poems which ensured a place for him among the poets of his generatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Edward Thomas volunteered when he was 37 years old and a father of three and was killed, as an artillery officer, during the first hour of the Arras offensive, on April 9th, 1917. In the two years before his death, he wrote the 144 poems which ensured a place for him among the poets of his generation. Though all his poems had been written "under storm's wing", Thomas was not a war poet in the sense that Owen, Sassoon or Rosenberg were war poets. Before he turned to poetry in December 1914, he ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443802468 1443802468 9781443802109 1443802107 |