Poets of World War I: Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon (Bloom's Major Poets) (Part 2)

Though overshadowed by others, Rupert Brooke's gifts as a poet were palpable; Siegfried Sassoon is known as a talented and prolific writer and poet. Learn much more about both poets with this edition of Bloom's Major Poets, which includes critical analyses and biographies of each writer.

Contents:

Biography of Rupert Brooke -- Thematic analysis of "1914 : I. Peace" -- Critical views on "1914 : I. Peace." Timothy Rogers on the origins of the 1914 sonnets ; John Lehmann on Brooke's Puritanism ; Bernard Bergonzi on the myth of Rupert Brooke -- Thematic analysis of "1914 : III. The dead" and "1914 : IV. The dead" -- Critical views on "1914 : III. The dead" and "1914 : IV. The dead." Christopher Hassall on the young Rupert Brooke ; Robert Pearsall on the philosophy of the 1914 sonnets ; Virginia Woolf remembers Rupert Brooke -- Thematic analysis of "1914 : V. The soldier" -- Critical views on "1914 : V. The soldier." Winston on one of England's "noblest sons" ; Arthur Stringer on mourning Rupert Brooke ; Jon Silkin on Brooke in the public service -- Biography of Siegfried Sassoon -- Thematic analysis of "Enemies" -- Critical views on "Enemies." Michael Thorpe on human sympathy in Sassoon's war poems ; Joseph Cohen and the three roles of Sassoon ; John Middleton Murry on reading Siegfried Sassoon -- Thematic analysis of "Conscripts" -- Critical views on "Conscripts." Patrick Campbell on "Conscripts" ; Arthur E. Lane on realism in Sassoon's war poems ; George Parfitt on satire in Sassoon's poetry -- Thematic analysis of "Attack" -- Critical views on "Attack." Patrick Campbell on Sassoon's spiritual pilgrimage ; John H. Johnston on the fellowship of suffering in the war poems ; Thomas Mallon on Sassoon's memory of the war.