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The definitive biography of the war poet - 'Dominic Hibberd has probably done more more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work. His new Life is a triumph ... it is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded' Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday
When Wilfred Owen died in 1918 aged 25, only five of his poems had been published. Yet he became one of the most popular poets of the 20th century. For decades his public image was controlled by family and friends, especially his brother Harold who was terrified anyone might think Wilfred was gay. In recent years much new material has become available. This book, based on over thirty years of wide-ranging research, brings new information to almost every part of Owen's life. Owen emerges as a complex, fascinating and often endearing character with an intense delight in being alive.
When Wilfred Owen died in 1918 aged 25, only five of his poems had been published. Yet he became one of the most popular poets of the 20th century. For decades his public image was controlled by family and friends, especially his brother Harold who was terrified anyone might think Wilfred was gay. In recent years much new material has become available. This book, based on over thirty years of wide-ranging research, brings new information to almost every part of Owen's life. Owen emerges as a complex, fascinating and often endearing character with an intense delight in being alive.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780753817094 |
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Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 11/04/2003 |
Pages: | 608 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.25(d) |
About the Author
Dominic Hibberd has been an acknowledged authority on Wilfred Owen for many years. He was the fourth editor of Owen's war poems, following Siegried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden and Cecil Day Lewis. He taught at Manchester Grammar School and universities in England, the United States and China before settling in an Oxfordshire village, where he is now a full-time author.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations | vii | |
List of maps | ix | |
List of drawings | x | |
Family tree | xi | |
Acknowledgements | xiii | |
Introduction | xvii | |
1 | From Plas Wilmot to Wilmot House | 1 |
2 | Schoolboy (Birkenhead, 1900-1907) | 14 |
3 | Pupil-Teacher (Shrewsbury, 1907-1911) | 35 |
4 | Parish Assistant (Dunsden, October 1911-July 1912) | 62 |
5 | Apostate (Dunsden, July 1912-February 1913) | 84 |
6 | Escape (Shrewsbury, February-August 1913) | 99 |
7 | Professor of English (Bordeaux, September 1913-July 1914) | 108 |
8 | Tres-joli garcon (Bagneres-de-Bigorre, July-September 1914) | 127 |
9 | Freelance (Bordeaux, September 1914-October 1915) | 141 |
10 | Cadet (The Artists' Rifles, October 1915-May 1916) | 166 |
11 | Second Lieutenant (5th Manchesters, June-December 1916) | 186 |
12 | Seventh Hell (Serre and Beaumont Hamel, January-March 1917) | 203 |
13 | To the Hindenburg Line (St Quentin, March-April 1917) | 225 |
14 | Mental Case (Gailly and Craiglockhart, May-August 1917) | 243 |
15 | Disciple (Craiglockhart, August-November 1917) | 264 |
16 | Major Domo (Scarborough, November 1917-March 1918) | 284 |
17 | Getting Fit (Ripon, March-June 1918) | 305 |
18 | Normal Again (Scarborough, June-August 1918) | 320 |
19 | Through the Hindenburg Line (France, September-October 1918) | 333 |
20 | The Final Battle (France, October-November 1918) | 354 |
Epilogue | 367 | |
Appendix A | The Salter Family | 372 |
Appendix B | The Accusation of Cowardice | 374 |
Appendix C | Military Cross Citations | 376 |
Appendix D | Harold Owen's Voyages | 378 |
Sources and Abbreviations | 381 | |
Notes | 384 | |
Index | 413 |
What People are Saying About This
Hibberd's biography is particularly effective in communicating a sense of its subject's shy charm.
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
[Hibberd's] new biography is full of reliable information, intelligent judgments, and pleasingly transparent writing.
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
Owen deserved--but has so far lacked--a definitive biography. Now it is indisputably here.
Choice
This is literary biography of the first order, splendidly written and thoroughly documented.
SUNDAY TIMES
This rich, compelling, formidably researched enterprise...is the fruit of half a lifetime's devotion to Owen's memory.
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Hibberd has probably done more than any other individual to illuminate Owen's life and work...a triumph.... It is difficult to believe it will ever be superseded.
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