âThe very content of Owenâs poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.â âThe New York Times Book Review
Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artistsâ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owenâs papers in the British Museum and other archives.
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen - Wilfred Owen & C. Day Lewis
âThe very content of Owenâs poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.â âThe New York Times Book Review
Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artistsâ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owenâs papers in the British Museum and other archives.