Binding: Paperback
Description: The Second World War has shaped the modern world more than any other single event. This generous and haunting selection of English - language and translated poems includes verse written by servicemen who participated in the war Keith Douglas Alun Lewis Randall Jarrell as well as by survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust Primo Levi Nelly Sachs Paul Celan and civilians across Europe and beyond. It features work by important women poets Elizabeth Bishop H. D. Anna Akhmatova exiles such as W. H. Auden and Berthold Brecht and writers reporting from London Paris Warsaw Moscow and New York dealing with the terrifying impact and legacy of the conflict. Presented with a historical critical introduction and biographical notes the result is a vital lyric testimony to the tragic global theatre of the war.
Title: Second World War Poems
Author(s): Poets Various, Hugh Haughton
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Barcode: 9780571382606
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Category: Poetry Anthologies (Various Poets)