The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

ISBN 1 86478 075 4

This comprehensive collection includes many of the finest British and European poems of World War I but also includes less well-known poets and works by women poets. Patriotism, anger, compassion, grief, death and survival are all encountered in reading the range of verse of the complex and diverse horrific experiences that portray the hideousness of war.

This guide includes:

• notes about the author / director / poet / playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

(GST Inc.)