Wilfred Owen, War Poet

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Dr Mark Rawlinson explores the relationship between War and War Poetry using Owen's famous 'Preface' as the starting point. Dr Mark Rawlinson is a Reader in English Literature at the University of Leicester, working on nineteenth- and twentieth century literature, especially narr ...  عرض المزيد

Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! Bienvenue dans la série des morts insolites de l’histoire ! En principe la Guerre de Sécession américaine, c’est pas Joe l’rigolo : en 4 ans de conflits, il y a eu 800 000 morts. Et pourtant, il y a deux officiers, j’ai pas pu m’empêcher de ...  عرض المزيد

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poet George Herbert (1593-1633) who, according to the French philosopher Simone Weil, wrote ‘the most beautiful poem in the world’. Herbert gave his poems on his relationship with God to a friend, to be published after his death if they offered ...  عرض المزيد

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! After taking a look at Emily Dickinson's Poem #1 94 ("Title divine - is mine!"), Jacke talks to Cambridge University's Jess Cotton, whose biography of John Ashbery (John Ashbery: A Critical Life) charts Ashbery's rise from a minor avant-garde figure to the ...  عرض المزيد