"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Margi Blunden, daughter of Edmund Blunden, talks about her father and his work.

Adrian Barlow looks at the impact of World War One poets in the years immediately following the War, in late 20s and ear... Read more

World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone looks at four distinctive p... Read more

Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war) poems of his literary care... Read more

Professor Gerald Dawe relates the Irish poetry of World War One to the history of Ireland itself and explores why the fi... Read more

Often overlooked, Dr Stuart Lee introduces David Jones and his seminal work 'In Parenthesis'.

Professor Jon Stallworthy, editor and biographer of Wilfred Owen, introduces one of the most notable poets of World War ... Read more

Author and editor, Jean Liddiard, presents the life and work of Isaac Rosenberg.

Dr Philip Lancaster presents the life of literary musician Ivor Guney, and introduces some the key themes in his poetry.... Read more

In this short talk Dr Stuart Lee introduces some of the primary sources of World War One poetry: manuscripts. Visit Oxfo... Read more