by Jon Stallworthy · Oxford Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192825841
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«The Oxford Book of War Poetry» is Jon Stallworthy's anthology of war poetry, published by Oxford Paperbacks in paperback (388 pages, in English).
Anthology of 250 poems about war, from Homer and the Bible to twentieth-century authors such as John Betjeman, Randall Jarrell and James Fenton. Arranged by conflict, they range over classical and medieval poetry, the world wars, Vietnam, Northern Ireland and El Salvador, showing a growing critical awareness.
The anthology was first published in October 1988, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the 1918 armistice.
Recommended for lovers of poetry and history who want to see how poets from different eras have portrayed the experience of war.
Jon Howie Stallworthy, was a British literary critic and poet. He was Professor of English at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2000, and Professor Emeritus in retirement. He was also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, from 1986, where he was twice acting president. From 1977 to 1986, he was the John Wendell Anderson Professor of English at Cornell University.
