The Penguin Book of WWI Poetry edited by Jon Silkin (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Editor of Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Editor of Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Jon Silkin, Jewish pacifist poet
Year Penguin Book of First World War Poetry published
Year Penguin Book of First World War Poetry published
1979
Number of poems in Silkin's WWI anthology
Number of poems in Silkin's WWI anthology
More than 200 poems by over 80 poets
Silkin's editorial focus for WWI anthology
Silkin's editorial focus for WWI anthology
Anti-war voices & critical war attitudes
How poems arranged in Silkin's anthology
How poems arranged in Silkin's anthology
Chronologically: 1914 idealism to later disillusionment
Author of 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
Author of 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
Wilfred Owen
Author of 'Dead Man's Dump'
Author of 'Dead Man's Dump'
Isaac Rosenberg
Author of 'The Soldier' (patriotic WWI poem)
Author of 'The Soldier' (patriotic WWI poem)
Rupert Brooke
Languages translated in Silkin's anthology
Languages translated in Silkin's anthology
German, French, Italian, Russian, Hebrew; plus women's poems
Key imagery in 'Dead Man's Dump'
Key imagery in 'Dead Man's Dump'
Wheels crunching over corpses - mechanised dehumanisation