Siegfried Sassoon: Making of a War Poet v. 1: A Biography: Making of a War Poet v. 1 (Duckbacks): The Making of a War Poet

Siegfried Sassoon: Making of a War Poet v. 1: A Biography: Making of a War Poet v. 1 (Duckbacks): The Making of a War Poet

by JeanMoorcroftWilson (Author)

Synopsis

Celebrated as the author of some of the most moving war poems and of the Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man , Sassoon's inner feelings have nonetheless remained imprisoned in his diaries. Using many of his private letters and papers, this first volume of Sassoon's biography traces his life as one of the Gilded Youth of the Great War generation and the first modern figure of our century.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 608
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 26 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0715631217
ISBN 13: 9780715631218

Media Reviews
'A compelling tale' Ian Hamilton, Sunday Telegraph 'Based on years of research and well-fuelled by Sassoon's family and friends who granted Wilson access to a mass of private papers, this is the first volume of what promises to be the definitive biography of an important and neglected poet.' Robert Nye, The Scotsman
Author Bio
Jean Moorcroft Wilson lectures in English Literature at Birkbeck College, London University. She is married to Virginia Woolf's nephew, with whom she runs a publishing house. Her previous books include two other biographies of First World War poets; Charles Hamilton Sorley and Isaac Rosenberg: Poet and Painter. She is considered the foremost expert on Siegfried Sassoon.