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Siegfried Sassoon

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Author : Patrick Campbell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2007-08-13

Siegfried Sassoon written by Patrick Campbell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-13 with Literary Criticism categories.

Though Siegfried Sassoon would argue the point throughout his life, most critics regard his war poetry, written during World War I, as the best of his writings. Like many of his artistic contemporaries, Sassoon embraced the "Great War for Civilization" with great fervor, and it was this passion that he brought to his earliest writings about the war. "Absolution," his first war poem, published in 1915, summed up his feelings: "fighting for our freedom, we are free." Fighting on the frontlines, Sassoon soon came to the conviction that his war for civilization was anything but civilized. And thus his writings took on a new tone, courageously denouncing a conflict that was no longer about "defense and liberation" but was for "aggression and conquest." Through primary documents and extensive research, the current work provides critical analyses of Sassoon's war poetry. Detailed examinations of each of the so-called trench poems show how the poet and his poetry were transformed through his wartime experiences and give the rationale for the critical consensus that the Sassoon canon is among the most significant in the literature of modern warfare.

Siegfried Sassoon

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Author : Max Egremont
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-05-22

Siegfried Sassoon written by Max Egremont and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The life of Siegfried Sassoon has been recorded and interpreted in literature and film for over half a century. He is one of the great figures of the First World War, and Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer are still widely read, as are his poems, which did much to shape our present ideas about the Great War. Sassoon was a genuine hero, a brave young officer who also became the war's most famous opponent, risking imprisonment and even a death sentence by throwing his Military Cross into the Mersey. He was friend to Robert Graves, mentor to Wilfred Owen and much admired by Churchill. But Sassoon was more than the embodiment of a romantic ideal; he was in many senses the perfect product of a vanished age. And many questions about his character, unique experience and motivations have remained unanswered until now. Siegfried Sassoon’s life has been recorded and interpreted in literature and film for over half a century. But this poet, First World War hero, friend to Robert Graves and mentor to Wilfred Owen, was more than the embodiment of a romantic ideal. Passionately involved with the aristocratic aesthete Stephen Tennant, married abruptly to the beautiful Hester Gatty, estranged, isolated, and a late Catholic convert, his private story has never before been told in such depth. Egremont discovers a man born in a vanished age, unhappy with his homosexuality and the modernist revolution that appeared to threaten the survival of his work, and engaged in an enduring personal battle between idealism and the world in which he moved. Shortlisted for the 2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Autobiography

Siegfried Sassoon

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Author : Jean Moorcroft Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003

Siegfried Sassoon written by Jean Moorcroft Wilson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon is one of the twentieth century's greatest icons and Jean Moorcroft Wilson is the leading authority on him. In Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches, the second volume of her best-selling, authorized biography, Wilson completes her definitive analysis of his life and works, exploring Sassoon's experiences after the Great War. For many people, Sassoon exists primarily as a First World War poet and bold fighter, who earned the nickname 'Mad Jack' in the trenches and risked Court Martial, possibly the firing squad, with his public protest against the War. Much less is known about his life after the Armistice. Wilson uncovers a series of love affairs with such larger-than-life characters as Queen Victoria's great-grandson, Prince Phillip of Hess, the flamboyant Ivor Novello and the exotic and bejeweled Hon. Stephen Tennant. This period also sees Sassoon establishing close friendships with some of the greatest literary figures of the age, Hardy, Beerbohm, E. M. Forster and T. E.Lawrence among them. Sassoon himself said that most people thought he had died in 1919. But Wilson shows that his poetry is, if anything, more powerful in the second half of his life. Based on a decade of meticulous research and interviews with many who knew Sassoon well, much of the material is published here for the first time. Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches completes a fascinating story that is beautifully told.

Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer

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Author : Siegfried Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-02

Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer written by Siegfried Sassoon and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-02 with History categories.

This autobiographical novel of the eminent English poet, Siegfried Sassoon was first published in 1930. The Memoirs of an Infantry Office, widely considered a classic among war books, tells of the author’s steady disillusionment with the Army—and of his ultimate rebellion against the cruel realities of war. Sassoon’s fluid, sensitive prose, the fine perceptions of the poet is spoken here in the voice of the average man. With charm and humor and quiet understatement, he has managed to articulate the hidden feelings of any sensitive man who in the normal course of his life is suddenly exposed to the nightmare of war. An unforgettable read.

Siegfried Sassoon The First Complete Biography Of One Of Our Greatest War Poets

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Author : John Stuart Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-05

Siegfried Sassoon The First Complete Biography Of One Of Our Greatest War Poets written by John Stuart Roberts and has been published by Kings Road Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

'A FINE ENGROSSING, SYMPATHETIC STUDY OF SASSOON' - THE TIMESWith two collections of his verse written during the First World War, Siegfried Sassoon established himself as among the greatest of the war poets. Beyond that, the accounts he left of his service with the Royal Welch Fusiliers on the Western Front, beginning with Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man in 1928, rank perhaps as highly as his poetry, and have done much to shape our modern perception of that war. His is, and remains, one of the most significant voices of his generation - and arguably the most eloquent.As an infantry officer, Sassoon's courage won him the Military Cross (and a recommendation for the VC) for rescuing men under fire, while his boldness in action earned him the nickname 'Mad Jack'; he was also wounded several times, once seriously. As the war dragged on, however, he came to see it as a cynical exercise, leading him to write an anti-war letter to The Times, and to tear the ribbon of his MC from his tunic and throw it into the River Mersey. Alarmed, the authorities sent him to a hospital for shell-shocked officers in Scotland, where he came under the care of the leading psychoanalyst Dr W. H. R. Rivers, and met and befriended a young officer of the Manchester Regiment named Wilfred Owen. Although Sassoon returned to active service, his hatred for the war remained, and by the time of the Armistice in 1918 he had declared himself a pacifist.John Stuart Roberts's widely praised biography is a gripping account of a complex man who was at once a product of the establishment and one of its most passionate critics; a war hero and a pacifist who, although a towering literary figure, refused to align himself with any particular movement.Written with a clarity and directness that would have pleased the poet himself, this is a biography that looks beyond the common perception of Sassoon as only a war poet to reveal the man in full. It is a book that any admirer of Siegfried Sassoon, or anyone who wishes to know more about this enigmatic yet brilliant figure, will cherish.'A MAGNIFICENT BOOK... IT'S FIRST RATE IN EVERY DIRECTION AND I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER BIOGRAPHY' - RUPERT HART-DAVIS'FULLY RESEARCHED, INTELLIGENT, DETAILED AND READABLE ...LOOKS SEARCHINGLY AT ALL ASPECTS OF THIS HIGHLY COMPLEX, MULTI-TALENTED AND DEEPLY MIXED-UP MAN' - LITERARY REVIEW 'AN IMMENSELY READABLE BIOGRAPHY WHICH IS MADE EVEN MORE MOVING BY HAVING A TRULY TRAGIC SUBJECT' - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'ONE OF OUR GREATEST WAR POETS... STUART ROBERTS GIVES A THOUGHTFUL, CONVINCING ACCOUNT' - SUNDAY TIMES'A BENCHMARK BIOGRAPHY - SPLENDID AND SENSITIVE' - COUNTRY LIFE'A MASTERLY ACCOUNT OF SIEGFRIED SASSOON'S LIFE' - THE TABLET

Memoirs Of A Fox Hunting Man

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Author : Siegfried Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-16

Memoirs Of A Fox Hunting Man written by Siegfried Sassoon and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-16 with Fiction categories.

Siegfried Sassoon's 'Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man' presents a semi-autobiographical glimpse into the pastoral pre-war British countryside and the subsequent visceral reality of World War I. Written with an elegiac tone that both mourns and cherishes a bygone era, Sassoon masterfully employs a narrative that is both intimate and evocative. Through its lyrical prose and deft character sketches, the novel exists not only as a literary memoir but as a poignant reflection on the contrasts between the innocence of youth and the disillusionment of experience, earning its place as a canonical text within 20th-century literature. The work is inextricably linked to Sassoon's own transition from a leisurely life of privilege to his decorated and traumatic service in the Great War. His descriptions of fox-hunting, undoubtedly derived from his personal passion for the sport, evolve into an underlying critique of the romanticized notions of honor and valor, which Sassoon himself initially embraced but came to question through his wartime experiences. His narrative acts as both a literary escapade and a subtle act of wartime testimony. 'Reading "Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man" is not merely an act of engaging with historical fiction; it is an immersion into the journey of a poet who channels the upheavals of an era. Recommended to readers who appreciate works that fuse the pastoral with the political, and the personal with the universal, Sassoon's memoir offers a richly textured account of one man's coming of age amidst the tremors that would reshape the modern world.

Beyond The Western Front A Study Of Siegfried Sassoon S Poetry

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Author : Prof (Dr) D.Banerjee
language : en
Publisher: KY Publications
Release Date : 2019-06-01

Beyond The Western Front A Study Of Siegfried Sassoon S Poetry written by Prof (Dr) D.Banerjee and has been published by KY Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-01 with Literary Collections categories.

Dr Dharmadas Banerjee‘s book Beyond the Western Front: A Study of Siegfried Sassoon’s Poetry is an attempt to look ‗beyond‘ the popular evaluation of Sassoon as a War Poet. By the writer‘s own admission he wants to capture Sassoon‘s versatile poetic genius to dispel this popular appraisal. A poet of rare merit Sassoon is also known for his romantic sensibilities. His love for the English countryside is evident in his autobiographical memoirs. His Diaries and letters are a potent source to know about the profound influence that the catastrophic First World War had on him. The author has also tried to focus on Sassoon‘s quest for ―the world undiscovered within us‖ which is discernible in the poems of the later phase of Sassoon‘s poetic career

The Language Of Siegfried Sassoon

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Author : Marcello Giovanelli
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-09-22

The Language Of Siegfried Sassoon written by Marcello Giovanelli and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book presents a cognitive stylistic analysis of the writing of Siegfried Sassoon, a First World War poet who has typically been perceived as a poet of protest and irony, but whose work is in fact multi-faceted and complex in theme and shifted in style considerably throughout his lifetime. The author starts from the premise that a more systematic account of Sassoon’s style is possible using the methodology of contemporary stylistics, in particular Cognitive Grammar. Using this as a starting point, he revisits common ideas from Sassoon scholarship and reconfigures them through the lens of cognitive stylistics to provide a fresh perspective on Sassoon's style. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of stylistics, war poetry, twentieth-century literature, and cognitive linguistics.

Collected Poems 1908 1956

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Author : Siegfried Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 1986-01-01

Collected Poems 1908 1956 written by Siegfried Sassoon and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Poetry categories.

Sassoon's fame as a novelist and autobiographer, and the success of his posthumously published Diaries, have somewhat obscured his achievement as a poet. Apart from the famous War Poems of 1919, which firmly established his reputation, he published eight volumes of verse during his lifetime. This collected edition represents his own choice of the poems he wished to preserve. It was first published in 1947 and subsequently enlarged to include the late poems in Sequences.

Siegfried Sassoon S Long Journey

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Author : Siegfried Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1983

Siegfried Sassoon S Long Journey written by Siegfried Sassoon and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A fictionalized account of Sassoon's own early life and wartime experience.