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The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen (New Directions Book) [Paperback]

Wilfred Owen , C. Day Lewis , Edmund Blunden
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January 17, 1965

“The very content of Owen’s poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war.” —The New York Times Book Review

Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owen’s papers in the British Museum and other archives.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions; Revised edition (January 17, 1965)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811201325
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811201322
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Highly recommended, this book will not dissapoint. G. Arsenault  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Powerful and unforgettable. Mrs. Masque  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Harrowing beauty March 27, 2000
Format:Paperback
War and poetry- two concepts infrequently mentioned, much less allied, in the same breath. Yet during World War I a number of writers took the horrific experiences of the Western Front and turned them into some of the twentieth century's finest, most disturbing poetry. Among these "war poets", Wilfred Owen is indisputably one of the greatest.

From the opening declaration " Above all, I am not concerned with Poetry... My subject is War, and the pity of War..." through the dreamlike madness of "Strange Meeting" to the elegiac fury of "Anthem for Doomed Youth", Owen hones the poetic craft he learned as a juvenile romantic versifier into a rapier on which he skewers the futility of the war, the blind official stupidity which kept it going, and the inhumanity shown by each side to its own men as well as the enemy.

Killed in action not long before the Armistice, Owen saw little publication of his work. However, his verse- carefully arranged, meticulously researched and documented by Cecil Day Lewis- is not only his epitaph. As relevant and affecting today as in 1918, it's as fine a counter-argument as any ever written against those who dismiss poetry as flowery nonsense. And for the rest of us? Few media can express the true nature and terrible costs of the First World War as eloquently as poetry at its finest can- and Owen provides it in plenty.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bleak Genius of Wilfred Owen June 3, 2004
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This is a wonderful book, and one of the most powerful collections of anti-war poems ever put together. Wilfred Owen was not a man who was describing war from the safety of his own home. He was in the thick of it, and he paid the ultimate price.

'Anthem for Doomed Youth' may just be the most powerful of all anti-war poems, and it was voted 8th in a list of Britain's favourite poems in a BBC poll. This poem like Owen's work generally is written in an unpretentious style. His poetry is very moving, but without being sentimental. He's painting pictures with words, and the pictures aren't pretty.

All his renowned work is here, including 'Dulce et Decorum est', 'Disabled', and 'Mental Cases'. The notes are very interesting, as you'd expect from a literary heavyweight like C. Day Lewis, and there's also some of Owen's non war poetry, but that's still bleak!

If you want to buy any book of Owen's work, I'd recommend this one for starters.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A good edition August 20, 2011
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At last, a good edition of Owen's poems! This one has a table of contents that works properly, and the poems are sensibly formatted. It is a pleasure to use and includes all Owen's best-known poems. I'd have given five stars except that, curiously, Owen's preface to his work is mis-formatted so that it is laid out like a poem instead of prose. But this is only a minor niggle (though perhaps one that can be fixed in a future edition?)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Great Poetry
This is a really good book if you like poetry. Even better if you like poetry and the human condition during war. I wrote a paper on this guy and he was unique. Read more
Published 6 months ago by bat12
5.0 out of 5 stars Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
Powerful and unforgettable. The introduction is a wonderful set up for Mr. Owen's most profound poetry. It is a book that reflects a basic flaw in all societies. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. Masque
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I don't typically like poetry, but I look at this book at least once a month. Wilfred Owen's writing is amazing. Read more
Published on August 26, 2010 by Megan Anne Jenkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
An outstanding edition of Owen's work. The noted British poet C Day Lewis produced what is likely the final edition of Owen's work. Read more
Published on July 26, 2010 by R. Albin
5.0 out of 5 stars Wound With War's Hard Wire
Unfortunately, war is an unmitigated part of the human experience.

In places, Owen gives us the guns of war--brutal, percussive descriptions of death as in "Anthem"; in... Read more
Published on December 14, 2009 by Steve Christensen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
I am not a poetry nut, I usually can't stomach the stuff. However, this is an exceptional read that can only be summarized as moving. Read more
Published on May 20, 2009 by Jason Temple
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Here in this book you will find some of the finest poetry that any author from Britain has ever produced. Read more
Published on February 2, 2007 by G. Arsenault
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for all people
I was first exposed to the poems of Wilfred Owen in high school and it has had a lasting inpact on my appreciation of poetry and the horrors of war. Read more
Published on September 4, 2006 by O. Debowy
5.0 out of 5 stars If ever we need to heed this poet it is now
Seeing a posting for a new biography of Wilfred Owen reminded me to return to this anthology of his poems. Read more
Published on February 13, 2003 by Grady Harp
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