Lads: Love Poetry of the Trenches (Duckbacks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715631454 ISBN 13: 9780715631454

Publisher: Duck Editions, 2002

Synopsis

This anthology of largely unknown poems from the trenches sets out to illustrate the extraordinary range of emotions generated by the horror of the First World War and the experience of trench warfare. The introductory essay discusses the friendships intensified under fire and the strong homo-erotic element characterising the poetry of Siegried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and others.

About this title

Review:

'Martin Taylor's introduction is a model of tactful evocation and historical sensitivity.' Andrew Motion, Observer

About the Author:

Until his untimely death in 1996, Martin Taylor was a librarian at the Imperial War Museum. He was also the author of a biography of Edmund Blunden, Overtones of War (Duckworth 1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Duck Editions
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0715631454
• ISBN 13: 9780715631454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Taylor Martin