The Red Sweet Wine of Youth

The poetry that emerged from the trenches of WWI is a remarkable body of work, at once political manifesto and literary beacon for the twentieth century. In this passionate recreation of the lives of the greatest poets to come out of the conflict, Nicholas Murray brilliantly reveals the men themselves as well as the struggle of the artist to live fully and to bear witness in the annihilating squalor of battle. Bringing into sharp focus the human detail of each life, using journals, letters and literary archives, Murray brings to life the men's indissoluble comradeship, their complex sexual mores and their extraordinary courage. Poignant, vivid and unfailingly intelligent, Nicholas Murray's study offers new and finely tuned insight into the - often devastatingly brief - lives of a remarkable generation of men.

ISBN 1408700042   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781408700044 (What's this?)   Pages 352 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group   Published in London Imprint Little, Brown   Height (mm) 234 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 153 Publication date 03 Feb 2011   Academic level General DEWEY 821.912093581

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