Further Reading

General texts

Anthologies:

Up the Line to Death: The War Poets, 1914-1918, ed. Brian Gardner (London: Methuen, 1964, rev. ed. 1986)

Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War, ed. I. M. Parsons (London: Chatto & Windus, 1965)

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, ed. Jon Silkin (London: Penguin, 2nd ed. rev., 1996)

The Penguin Book of First World War Prose, ed. Jan Glover and Jon Silkin (London: Penguin, 1990)

English Poetry of the First World War: A Bibliography, Catherine W. Reilly (London: G. Prior, 1978)

The Lost Voices of World War I, ed. Tim Cross (London: Bloomsbury, 1988)

Experience of War: An Anthology of Articles from MHQ, The Quarterly Journal of Military History, ed. Robert Cowley (New York & London: Norton, 1992)

Critical studies and histories

Drummer Hodge: The Poetry of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Malvern Van Wyk Smith (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978)

The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975)

A War Imagined: The First World War and British Culture, Samuel Hynes (London: Pimlico, 1990)

Heroes’ Twilight: A Study of the Literature of the Great War, Bernard Bergonzi (Manchester: Carcanet, 3rd ed., 1996)

English Poetry of the First World War: A Study in the Evolution of Lyric and Narrative Form, John H. Johnston (Princeton and London: Princeton University Press and Oxford University Press, 1964)

Out of Battle: The Poetry of the Great War, Jon Silkin (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2nd ed., 1998)

The Truth of War: Owen, Blunden and Rosenberg, Desmond Graham (Manchester: Carcanet, 1984)

The Flower of Battle: British Fiction Writers of the First World War, Hugh Cecil (London: Secker & Warburg, 1998)

The German Poets of the First World War, Patrick Bridgwater (London: Croom Helm, 1985)

British and French Writers of the First World War, Frank Field (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991)

The Experience of World War I, J. M. Winter (London: Macmillan, 1988)

The First World War, John Keegan (London: Hutchinson, 1999)

The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War, ed. Hew Strachan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)

The First World War, vol. I: To Arms, Hew Strachan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)

Battlefields

Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E. Coombs (London: Battle of Britain Prints, Ltd., 7th ed., 1994)

The Routledge Atlas of the First World War, Martin Gilbert (London: Routledge, 1994)

A Military Atlas of the First World War, Arthur Banks (London: Leo Cooper, 1997)

The Poets

RUPERT BROOKE

Primary texts

The Poetical Works of Rupert Brooke, ed. Geoffrey Keynes (London: Faber, 1970)

The Letters of Rupert Brooke, ed. Geoffrey Keynes (London: Faber, 1968)

Rupert Brooke/ Four Poems, Drafts and fair copies in the author’s hand with a Foreword and Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes (London: Folio Society, 1974)

Song of Love: The Letters of Rupert Brooke and Noel Oliver, ed. Pippa Harris (London: Bloomsbury, 1991)

Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, ed. Keith Hale (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998)

Biography and critical works

Rupert Brooke/A Biography, Christopher Hassell (London: Faber, 1972)

The Neopagans: Friendship and Love in the Rupert Brooke Circle, Paul Delany (London: Macmillan, 1987)

Rupert Brooke: Life, Death and Myth, Nigel H. Jones (London: R. Cohen, 1999)

JULIAN GRENFELL

Biography and critical works

Julian Grenfell: His Life and the Times of His Death, 1888-1915, Nicholas Mosley (London: Persephone [1976] revised 2000 with a new preface by the author)

CHARLES SORLEY

Primary texts

The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, ed. Jean Moorcroft Wilson (London: Cecil Woolf, 1990)

Collected Poems, ed. Jean Moorcroft Wilson (London: Cecil Woolf, 1995)

Poems and Selected Letters, ed. Hilda D. Spear (Dundee: Blackness Press, 1978)

Biography and critical works

Charles Hamilton Sorley: a Biography, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (London: Cecil Woolf, 1985)

The Ungirt Runner: Charles Hamilton Sorley, Poet of World War I, Thomas Burnett Swann (Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1965)

FRANCIS LEDWIDGE

Primary texts

The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge, ed. Alice Curtayne (Dublin: Poolbeg Press, new ed. 1998)

Selected Poems, ed. Dermot Bolger, introduced by Seamus Heaney (Dublin: New Island Books, 1992)

Biography and critical works

Francis Ledwidge: A Life of the Poet, 1887-1917, Alice Curtayne (Dublin: New Island Books, 1998)

Francis Ledwidge: Song of the Blackbird, Elizabeth Cassidy Olson (Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000)

SIEGFRIED SASSOON

Primary texts

War Poems, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis (London: Faber, 1983)

Collected Poems, 1908-56 (London: Faber, 1961)

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (London: Faber, 1930)

Sherston’s Progress (London: Faber, 1936)

Siegfried’s Journey (London: Faber, 1945)

Diaries, 1915-18, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis (London: Faber, 1983)

Diaries, 1920-21, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis (London: Faber, 1981)

Diaries, 1923-25, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis (London: Faber, 1985)

Biography and critical works

Siegfried Sassoon: A Critical Study, Michael Thorpe (Leiden and London: Leiden University Press and Oxford University Press, 1966)

Siegfried Sassoon: The Making of a War Poet, 1896-1918, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (London: Duckworth, 1998)

Siegfried Sassoon: A Study of the War Poetry, Patrick Campbell (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999)

Not About Heroes: The Friendship of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, Stephen MacDonald (London: Faber, 1983)

ROBERT GRAVES

Primary texts

Robert Graves: The Complete Poems, ed. Beryl Graves and Dunstan Ward (Manchester: Carcanet, 1995, 1997, 1999)

Collected Poems 1915 (London: Cassell, 1975)

Good-bye to All That (London: Penguin, 2000)

The Common Asphodel: Collected Essays on Poetry (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949)

On Poetry: Talks and Essays (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969)

The White Goddess (London: Faber, 1948, amended and enlarged ed., 1997)

In Broken Images: Selected Letters of Robert Graves, 1914-1946, ed. Paul O’Prey (London: Hutchinson, 1982)

Between Moon and Moon: Selected Letters of Robert Graves, 1946-1972), ed. Paul O’Prey (London: Hutchinson, 1984)

Biography and critical works

Robert Graves: His Life and Works, ed. Martin Seymour-Smith (London: Blooomsbury, 2nd ed., 1995)

Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic, 1895-1926, Richard Perceval Graves (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986)

Robert Graves – The Years with Laura, 1926-1940 Richard Perceval Graves (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990)

Robert Graves and the White Goddess 1940-1985 Richard Perceval Graves (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995)

Robert Graves: Life on the Edge, Miranda Seymour (London: Doubleday, 1995)

Swifter than Reason, The Poetry and Criticism of Robert Graves, Michael Kirkham (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1963)

The Poetry of Robert Graves, Michael Kirkham (London: Athlone Press, 1969)

Robert Graves, ed. Harold Bloom (New York: Chelsea House, 1987)

Robert Graves: The Lasting Poetic Achievement, D. N. G. Carter (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989)

The Great War and the Missing Muse: The Early Writings of Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon, Patrick J. Quinn (Selinsgrove and London: Susquehanna University Press and Associated University Press, 1994)

WILFRED OWEN

Primary texts

The Complete Poems & Fragments, 2 vols, ed. Jon Stallworthy (London: Chatto & Windus, 1983)

The Poems of Wilfred Owen, ed. Jon Stallworthy (London: Chatto & Windus, 1990)

War Poems, ed. Jon Stallworthy (London: Chatto & Windus, 1994)

Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, ed. Harold Owen and John Bell (London and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967)

Wilfred Owen: Selected Letters, ed. John Bell (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1998)

Biography and critical works

Journey from Obscurity, Harold Owen, 3 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963-5)

Wilfred Owen, Jon Stallworthy (London: Chatto & Windus, 1974; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980)

Wilfred Owen: A Critical Study, D. S. R. Welland (London: Chatto & Windus, rev. and enlarged ed., 1978)

Wilfred Owen: The Last Year, Dominic Hibberd (London: Constable, 1992)

Owen the Poet, Dominic Hibberd (London: Macmillan, 1988)

Tradition Transformed: Studies in the Poetry of Wilfred Owen, Sven Backman (Lund: LiberLäronmedel/ Gleerup, 1979)

An Adequate Response: The War Poetry of Wilfred Owen, Arthur E. Lane (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1972)

Wilfred Owen’s Voices: Language and Community, Douglas Kerr (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1993)

Wilfred Owen: Poet and Soldier, Helen McPhail (London: Gliddon Books in association with the Wilfred Owen Association, 1993)

Wilfred Owen, Merryn Williams (Bridgend: Seren, 1993)

My Dear Old Wolf: an undelivered letter to Wilfred Owen from his brother Harold Owen (Wooton-by-Woodstock, The Backwater Press, 1996)

EDMUND BLUNDEN

Primary texts

Poems, 1914-30 (London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1930)

Undertones of War (1928; Penguin edition, 2000)

Selected Poems (London: Fyfield Books, 1982)

Biography and critical works

War Poets: 1914-1918 (London: Longmans, Green, 1958)

Edmund Blunden: A Biography, Barry Webb (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990)

More Than a Brother: Correspondence Between Edmund Blunden and Hector Buck, 1917-1967, ed. Carol Z. Rothkopf and Barry Webb (London: Sexton, 1996)

Edmund Blunden, Helen McPhail and Philip Guest (London: Pen & Sword Books/Leo Cooper, 1999)

EDWARD THOMAS

Primary texts

Collected Poems, with a foreword by Walter de la Mare (London: Faber, 1949)

Collected Poems of Edward Thomas, ed. R. G. Thomas (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981)

Selected Poems, ed. R. G. Thomas (London: Faber, 1964)

Letters from Edward Thomas to Gordon Bottomley, ed. R. G. Thomas (London: Oxford University Press, 1968)

Edward Thomas: Selected Letters, ed. R. George Thomas (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)

The Diary of Edward Thomas: 1 Jan-8 Apr 1917, with an Introduction by Roland Gant (Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1977)

Biography and critical works

Edward Thomas: A Critical Biography, William Cooke (London: Faber, 1970)

As it Was and World Without End, Helen Thomas (London: Faber, 1956)

A Language Not to Be Betrayed: Selected Prose of Edward Thomas, ed. Edna Longley (Manchester: Carcanet, in association with Mid-Northumberland Arts Group, 1981)

Edward Thomas: the Last Four Years, Eleanor Farjeon, with a Foreword by P.J. Kavanagh and an Introduction by Anne Harvey (Stroud: Sutton, 1997)

Edward Thomas, R. George Thomas (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, rev. ed., 1993)

The Poetry of Edward Thomas, Andrew Motion (London: Hogarth, 1980)

The Imagination of Edward Thomas, Michael Kirkham (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986)

IVOR GURNEY

Primary texts

Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney, ed. P.J. Kavanagh (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983)

War Letters, ed. R. K. R. Thornton (Ashington and Manchester: Mid-Northumberland Arts Group/Carcanet, 1983)

Rewards of Wonder: Poems of Cotswold, France, London, ed. George Walter (Manchester: Fyfield Books, 2000)

Best Poems: The Book of Five Makings, ed. R. K. R. Thornton (Manchester: Fyfield Books, 1995)

Ivor Gurney, ed. George Walter (London: Phoenix Press, 1996)

Biography and critical works

The Ordeal of Ivor Gurney, Michael Hurd (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978)

Ivor Gurney, John Lucas (Tavistock: Northcote House, in association with the British Council Educational Publications, 2001)

ISAAC ROSENBERG

Primary texts

The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings, and Drawings, with a foreword by Siegfried Sassoon; edited with an introduction and notes by Ian Parsons (London: Chatto & Windus, Hogarth, 1984)

Biography and critical works

Isaac Rosenberg: The Half-Used Life, Jean Liddiard (London: Gollancz, 1975)

Isaac Rosenberg: Poet and Painter, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (London: Cecil Woolf, 1975)

Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg, Joseph Cohen (London: Robson Books, 1975)

DAVID JONES

Primary texts

In Parenthesis (London: Faber, 1937)

The Anathémata (London: Faber, 1952)

Introducing David Jones: A Selection of His Writings, ed. John Matthias, with a preface by Stephen Spender (London and Cambridge, MA: Faber, 1980)

The Sleeping Lord and Other Fragments (London: Faber, 1974)

Dai Great-Coat: A Self-Portrait of David Jones in His Letters, ed. René Hague (London and Cambridge, MA: Faber, 1980)

Inner Necessities: The Letters of David Jones to Desmond Chute, ed. Thomas Dilworth (Toronto: Anson-Cartwright Editions, 1984)

David Jones: Letters to Vernon Watkins, ed. Ruth Pryor (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1976)

Epoch Artist: Selected Writings, ed. Harmon Grisewood (London: Faber, 1959)

The Dying Gaul and Other Writings, ed. Harmon Grisewood (London: Faber, 1978)

David Jones: A Fusilier at the Front, ed. Anthony Hyne (Bridgend: Seren, 1995)

Biography and critical works

David Jones: Artist and Writer, David Blamires (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1971)

David Jones: An Exploratory Study of the Writings, Jeremy Hooker (London: Enitharmon, 1975)

The Shape of Meaning in the Poetry of David Jones, Thomas Dilworth (Toronto and London: University of Toronto Press, 1988)

David Jones: The Maker Unmade, Jonathan Miles and Derek Shiel (Bridgend: Seren, 1996)