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The Poetry of War
Author: Dylan Thomas, Thomas Hardy, WB Yeats, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Ted Hughes, John Betjeman
Narrator: Sir John Gielgud, Peter Orr, Gwen Watford, David King
Unabridged: 1 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Harper UK
Published: 11/05/2020
Synopsis
Array A collection of the greatest war poetry ever written, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Tragedy, war, and humanity are played out in these timeless readings of poetry written about, or on, the battlefield. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Peter Orr; Gwen Watford; and David King. This collection includes poems from:• Thomas Hardy• WB Yeats• Wilfred Owen• Siegfried Sassoon• Ted Hughes• Edward Shanks• Robert Nicholls• WN Hodgson• Patrick Mac Gill• Julian Grenfell• Edmund Blunden• Edgell Rickword• David Jones• Robert Graves• E A Mackintosh• Edward Thomas• Isaac Rosenberg• Rupert Brooke• Ivor Gurney• CH Sorley• John Masefield• Edward Lucie-Smith• Willougby Weaving• John McRae• IA Williams• David Gascoyne• Henry Reed• C Day Lewis• Stephen Spender• Dylan Thomas• Louis Max Niece• Alan Ross• Sidney Keyes• Ruthven Todd• Michael Roberts• John Betjeman• Alun Lewis• Roy Fuller• Charles Causley• Keith Douglas• Herbert Read• Patric Dickinson• Hugh MacDiarmid
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