Other perspectives on the First World War

Anthologies of war poetry

A selection of the work by other poets writing at the same time as Owen about the First World War:

• Hear My Cry: edited by Carolyn Armitage 2014
      ‘Words for when there are no words to commemorate the start of WW1.’
   
• Scars Upon My Heart edited by Catherine Reilly 2006
      An anthology of poetry written by women who lived and wrote through WW1
   
• The Winter of the World edited by Dominic Hibberd 2007
      An anthology with a wide range of war poems. The title is taken from Owen’s poem 1914
   
• Up the Line to Death edited by Brian Gardner 1964
      Poems are arranged in chronological order and under headings. There is an international range of poets represented
   
• The BBC Guide to War Poetry presents a useful debate on the influence of the War poets on modern thinking
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z38rq6f

Autobiography

• Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves 1929
      Graves’ own account of WW1

History

• Great Britain’s Great War by Jeremy Paxman 2013
      Paxman writes about the reasons for the war and the impact it had on life in Britain
   
• Somme by Lynne MacDonald 1983
      Tells the story of Owen’s war
   
• The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 1962
      A clear outline of the causes of WW1
   
• BBC World History: a clear outline of what happened in 1914-1918
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_western_front.shtml