Up the Line to Death: The War Poets 1914-1918

By Brian Gardner; Foreword Edmund Blunden

Book Overview

Since its publication in 1964, Brian Gardner's "Up the Line to Death" has established itself as one of the most complete and compelling anthologies of poetry from World War I. Before his death on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413595706
• ISBN13: 9780413595706
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Methuen
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

The best anthology of WWI poetry that I have seen.

This valuable anthology contains most of the known poetry written by English-speaking poets during WWI, including many combatants who lost their lives in that war, such as Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, and Alan Seeger, as well as those who survived to memorialize the horror and futility or their sacrifice, including Siegfried Sassoon. The brief biographical entries about each contributing poet add to the poignancy of this remarkable volume