World War I (History Through Poetry)

Author: Paul Dowswell

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  • : $21.99 NZD
  • : 9780750283281
  • : Hachette Children's Books
  • : Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
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  • : 01 November 2002
  • : 270mm X 219mm X 269mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 July 2014
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Barcode 9780750283281
9780750283281

Description

This book looks at the curriculum history of World War I, through a series of poems from the time. Each poem covers a different topic such as daily wartime living, life in the trenches and attitudes towards patriotism and religion. The backgrounds to each poem and poet is given, together with an explanation of what each poem is about. Features poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, W.B. Yeats, A.A. Milne, John Freeman, Rupert Brooke, August Stramm, J.C. Squire, Madeline Ida Bedford, Marc de Larreguy de Civrieux and Wilfrid Gibson.