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Wilfred Owen: A New Biography

Wilfred Owen: A New Biography

by Dominic Hibberd (Author)

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Synopsis

When Wilfred Owen died in 1918 aged 25, only five of his poems had been published. Yet he became one of the most popular poets of the 20th century. For decades his public image was controlled by family and friends, especially his brother Harold who was terrified anyone might think Wilfred had been gay. In recent years much new material has become available. This book, based on over thirty years of wide-ranging reaearch, brings new information to almost every part of Owen's life. Owen emerges as a complex, fascinating and often endearing charachter with an intense delight in being alive.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 400
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 19 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 0297829459
ISBN 13: 9780297829454
Book Overview: Much fuller and more revealing than Jon Stallworthy's 1974 life of Owen, the last full-length biography of the poet. Throws new light on his struggles with religion, his development as a poet in France, his shell-shock treatment at Craiglockhart Hospital. Uses original military archives for the first time to follow his war experiences - his humiliations as well as his successes, including his Military Cross the fact that he was gay is fully discussed for the first time.

Media Reviews
There's been some wonderful coverage for this excellent biography of one of the 20th century's most popular poets with lots more to come. There was a half page news story in the SUNDAY TIMES on 8 September and Dominic wrote a piece for the GUARDIAN, which ran on 14 September. To tie-in with Remberance Day,Dominic was interviewed on SUNDAY (ITV) on 10 November and the biography gota big mention in Frank Barretts's article in THE MAIL ON SUNDAY (10 Nov) on visiting the war graves in France We've had some fantastic reviews (it was featured in the DAILY TELEGRAPH'S 'Books of the Moment' on 19 October): 'To write a book that satisfies both enthusiasts for Owen's poetry and military historians is exceptionally difficult, but Dominic Hibberd has succeeded brilliantly. He has written a biography truly worthy of our national war poet.'Gary Sheffield, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Although he (Hibberd) modestly says that his book 'is not, of course, definitive.' it is hard to see how it could be improved.'Neil Powell, THE TLS 'the first biography since 1974, is a stunning achievement by Dr Dominic Hibberd.'SOLDIER 'His book is exemplary in its thoroughness, imaginative sympathy and good sense'Andrew Motion, THE FINANCIAL TIMES 'This is a good, honest and often moving biography; it is also a monument to research.'Victoria Glendining, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'As with his fascinating biography of the poet and Poetry Bookshop founder, Harold Munro, Dominic Hibberdhas given us an exemplary work of biography, and a fine introduction to one of the more modest but still significant voices of literary modernity.'Richard Price, SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'The strength of Dominic Hibberd's biography is the way in which the narrative encompasses the details of Owen's strange life without letting the reader forget that it is the development of a poet which is the most important part of the plot.'Roy Hattersley, THE OBSERVER 'DominicHibberd has probably done more more than any other individual to to illuminate Owen's life and work............His new Life is a triumph.... it is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded'Mark Bostridge, THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'This rich, compelling, formidably researched enterprise, which is thefruit of half a lifetime's devotion to Owen's memory.'John Carey, THE SUNDAYTIMES 'He (Wilfred Owen) deserved - but has so far lacked - a definitive biography. Now it is indisputably here.'Nigel Jones, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Dominic Hibberd's biography, is particularly effective in communicating a sense ofits subject's shy charmThomas Hodgkinson, LITERARY REVIEW 'This is Dominic Hibberd's third book on Owen, offering a generous, affectionate but not uncritical portrait of a man burdened with an acute class consciousness'Colin Cardwell, THE HERALD 'This excellent biography.'Nicholas Seddon, THE TABLET 'The new biography is an extremely full and on the whole convincing picture of an elusive figure.'Anthony Thwaite, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'this humane, moving biography.'Ned Denny, THE DAILY MAIL Dominic has been interviewed on OPEN BOOK (BBC Radio 4) on 29 September as well as doing interviews on BBC RADIO SCOTLAND LYRIC FM (Ireland), BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER, LEICESTER, WALES and OXFORD Dominic gave an extremely good launch lecture at the Art Workers Guild on Thursday 19 September and still to come is an interview in the
Author Bio
Dominic Hibberd has been an acknowledged authority on Wilfred Owen for many years. He was the fourth editor of Owen's war poems, following Siegried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden and Cecil Day Lewis. He taught at Manchester Grammar School and universities in England, the United States and China before settling in an Oxfordshire village, where he is now a full-time author.