Selected Poems and Letters by Isaac Rosenberg

Selected Poems and Letters by Isaac Rosenberg

Isaac Rosenberg has long been regarded as one of the most important artistic figures of the First World War. Poems such as Dead Man s Dump and Break of Day in the Trenches have been included in every significant war anthology and have earned him a place in Poets Corner. He studied at the Slade School of Art at the same time as Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler, showing promise as a painter. His poverty, education and background made him an outsider, yet it was just that experience which equipped him to cope with the unforeseen horror of war in the trenches: I am determined that this war, with all its powers for devastation, shall not master my poeting. Inexplicably for such a major figure, Rosenberg s work has been out of print for many years. In this Selected Poems and Letters, his biographer Jean Liddiard has made a substantial selection of his finest poems and most revealing letters, providing also an authoritative introduction and a detailed chronology.

Isaac Rosenberg was born in Bristol, England, in 1890 to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. Rosenberg's family relocated to London's East End in 1897, and after a minimal education, he was apprenticed to an engraver at the age of 14. He was able to study at the Slade School of Art (1911-14) alongside Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler, and he stayed in South Africa for nine months in 1914-15. Only three of his poems were self-published in booklet form during his lifetime: Night and Day (1912), Youth (1915), and Moses (1916). He joined the army in October 1915 and served on the Western Front until his death on 1 April 1918 while on night patrol.

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ISBN 13	9781900564892
ISBN 10	1900564890
Title	Selected Poems and Letters
Author	Isaac Rosenberg
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Enitharmon Press
Year published	2003-10-20
Number of pages	208
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