Greek and Roman antiquity in First World War poetry. Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen

Preview Preview [Authors and titles are listed at the end of the review]   On 11 November 1985 a memorial was unveiled in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey to the Poets of the First World War. The names of sixteen poets, all of whom served in uniform, were inscribed on a tablet of Westmoreland slate. At … Continue reading Greek and Roman antiquity in First World War poetry. Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen