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Siegfried Sassoon
Reissued to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, in a beautiful package including Barnett Freedman’s original illustrations.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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The War Poems are re-published for the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
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Jean Moorcroft Wilson
The definitive single-volume biography of Siegfried Sassoon, from the world’s leading scholar of the great war poet
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston includes Sherston’s Progress and both Memoirs,
Before its publication, Siegfried Sassoon's reputation rested entirely on his poetry, primarily written during and about World War I. Only ten years after the war ended, after some experience in…
Personal narratives of a British officer on the Western front during World War I.
George was born into a world of village cricket matches and fox-hunting, but his failing income and the onset of war threatens his way of life. This is a coming-of-age…
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Picture-Show, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation…
Max Egremont
The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon’s previously unseen papers
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Marcello Giovanelli
This book presents a cognitive stylistic analysis of the writing of Siegfried Sassoon, a First World War poet who has typically been perceived as a poet of protest and irony…
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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of…
The world he grows up in, of village cricket and loyal grooms, had vanished forever by the time Sassoon wrote this book, but he captures it with a lyricism and…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
Title: Satirical Poems.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries holding over 150…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
those who expect a universalization of the Great War must look for it elsewhere.‘ Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first published in 1930, is Siegfried Sassoon’s fictionalized autobiography of the…
Epigrammatic and bitterly satirical verses by the well-known English poet convey the shocking brutality and pointlessness of World War I. Over 80 works include Counter-Attack, They, The General, and Base…
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First published in 1947, this collected edition represents Sassoon’s own choice of the poems he wished to preserve.
A classic depiction of pre-First World War Britain, Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man tells two mirrored stories, about a boy coming of age and a country losing its innocence.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8th September 1886. Sassoon was educated at the New Beacon School, Sevenoaks, Kent then Marlborough College, Wiltshire and finally at Clare College, Cambridge, where…
John Hollands
Patrick Campbell
Most critics regard Siegfried Sassoon’s war poetry, written during World War I, as the best of his writings. This work provides critical analyses of Sassoon’s war poetry. It includes examinations…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Siegfried Sassoon’s Blighters, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
P. Moeyes
Considers not only the Great War poetry and the fictionalized autobiography for which English writer Sassoon (1886-1967) is best remembered, but also the rest of his long literary career. Drawing…
Siegfried Sassoon: Scorched Glory is a survey of the poet’s published work since his death.
