The First World War

by Dominic Hibberd

The Great War was the first in British history to involve virtually the entire population of Britain. A vast quantity of poems, fiction, essays, speeches, letters, memoirs and other written material was produced during 1914 and 1918 and Hibberd chooses both famous passages and excerpts which have never before been reprinted, from both the imaginative poetry and prose of the period, and documents such as newspapers and politicians' speeches. The linking commentary illuminates the very close relationship between the literature and history of this time, which is further highlighted by the chronological table, plates section and further reading sections.

212 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Dominic Hibberd was a British author, academic, and broadcaster, best known for his biographies of Wilfred Owen and Harold Monro, as well as his influential anthologies of First World War poetry. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Honorary Fellow of the War Poets Association, he edited key collections including Poetry of the Great War (with John Onions) and contributed extensively to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge, Hibberd taught in the UK, the US, and China before dedicating himself fully to writing.