The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke by Rupert Brooke

The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke by Rupert Brooke

This volume contains the complete poetical works of Rupert Brooke. Brooke's beautifully haunting poetry will appeal to all keen poetry lovers, but will be of special value to those with an interest in war poetry, and specifically poetry relating to the First World War. This wonderful volume makes for a worthy addition to any bookshelf, and is not to be missed by collectors of Brooke's seminal work. The poems contained herein include: 'Second Best', 'Day that I have Loved', 'Sleeping Out - Full Moon', 'In Examination', 'Pine-Trees and the Sky: Evening', 'Wagne'r, 'The Vision of the Archangels', 'Seaside On the Death of Smet-Smet', 'The Song of the Pilgrims' and many more. Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially 'The Soldier'. This volume was first published in 1914, and is being republished now complete with a new specially commissioned biography of the author.

Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), a member of the group of British poets who rose to prominence during World War I, sprang to fame when two of his combat sonnets (The Dead and The Soldier) were published in London's Times Literary Supplement on March 11, 1915. 1914 and Other Poems was released less than two months later, and by June 1918, it had gone through 24 prints. Brooke sailed on a Navy ship in February 1915, after being enlisted into the British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to fight at Gallipoli in Turkey. He died of sepsis caused by an infected mosquito bite shortly after, at the age of 27, on a French hospital ship docked off the coast of Skyros in the Aegean Sea. Brooke was laid to rest in an olive grove on the Greek island of Skyros.

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ISBN 13	9781406793772
ISBN 10	1406793779
Title	The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke
Author	Rupert Brooke
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Read Books
Year published	2006-01-01
Number of pages	164
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