Wilfred Owen: On the Trail of the Poets of the Great War

by Helen McPhail, Philip Guest

This is a guide to the battlefields that inspired the young and sensitive poet, whose poems are probably the twentieth centuryÕs best-known literary expressions of experience of war. Detailed maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads guide the visitor through the battlefields. Owen\'s letters are used extensively, together with his poetry, linking specific places events, vividly describing the suffering of the trench.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 1998

About the author

Helen McPhail is a writer, editor, and translator with a focus on the history and literature of World War I. She is co-author of several works, including St Quentin from the Battlefield series and titles in the On The Trail of the Poets of the Great War series, featuring Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden.

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part guide book, part biography, this book about the poet Wilfred Owen and World War I is worth reading. It gives a good, though short, biography of Owen and showcases where he saw action during WWI.