A Deep Cry (Signed copy)
Signed by Anne Powell, a biographical anthology of soldier-poets killed in the Great War
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 16cm, xxi + 470pp.
Signed directly to the title page by Anne Powell.
The lives, deaths, poetry, diaries and extracts from letters of sixty-six soldier-poets are brought together Anne Powell’s unique anthology. These poems are not simply the works of well-known names such as Wilfred Owen – though they are represented – they have been painstakingly collected from a multitude of sources, and the relative obscurity of some of the voices makes the message all the more moving. Moreover, all but five of these soldiers lie within forty-five miles of Arras. Their deaths are described here in chronological order, with an account of each man’s last battle. This in itself provides a revealing gradual change in the poetry from early naive patriotism to despair about the human race and the bitterness of ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition, with some light fading to the wrapper's spine.
ISBN
9780952167808
Price
£20.00
