The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth by Nicholas Murray
* A group portrait of the poets of the First World War, seen in their full historical, military and biographical context, out now in paperback.
Murray is the best kind of literary biographer. . A rich and compelling patchwork of responses to the conflict -- David Evans * Financial Times *
With lightly worn learning and considerable erudition, The Red Sweet Wine of Youth recuperates lesser-known writers such as Julian Grenfell and TE Hulme, and situates them alongside Wilfred Owen and Seigfried Sassoon . . . A fine account of the poetic sensibility of the period -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *
With lightly worn learning and considerable erudition, The Red Sweet Wine of Youth recuperates lesser-known writers such as Julian Grenfell and TE Hulme, and situates them alongside Wilfred Owen and Seigfried Sassoon . . . A fine account of the poetic sensibility of the period -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *
Nicholas Murray is the acclaimed biographer of Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold (Hodder), Andrew Marvell, Aldous Huxley and Kafka and, most recently, a book about Victorian travel, A Corkscrew is Most Useful.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349121437 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349121435 |
| Title | The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth |
| Author | Nicholas Murray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2012-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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