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| # | Essay Title | Description | Contributor |
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| 1 | Wilfred Owen: Resonances |
Owen's enduring legacy comes in a variety of shapes and forms, from Benjamin Britten's War... |
Brigitte Friant-Kessler |
| 2 | Owen's influence on Carol Ann Duffy |
Carol Ann Duffy's poem "An Unseen" depicts a soldier going off to war, but we don't know which... |
Marcy Tanter |
| 3 | "The Poetry is in the Pity": Wilfred Owen and the Memory of the First World War |
A memorial to the poets of the First World War stands in the corner of Westminster Abbey.... |
Vincent Trott |
| 4 | 4-11 November 1918: Wilfred Owen and armistice Day in Memory and History |
In an early preface to his collected war poems, Wilfred Owen wrote of his work that "The subject... |
Alex Nordlund |
| 5 | Wilfred Owen: The '60s Poet |
With the centenary of the first Armistice Day - and the centenary of Wilfred Owen's death a week... |
Harry Ricketts |
| 6 | Dulce et Decorum Est: Wilfred Owen’s Latin |
Wilfred Owen fought hard to learn Latin. He was acutely aware of the importance of the classical... |
Elizabeth Vandiver |
| 7 | Wilfred Owen and the Culture of Commemoration |
We can approach the First World War from the perspective of the historian, with a view to... |
Eva Zettelmann |
| 8 | At the Water’s Edge: Wilfred Owen and Water |
By the look of the photograph reproduced in Jon Stallworthy's biography, it was a fairly run-of-... |
Gerald Dawe |
| 9 | SHEER: Setting Wilfred Owen to Music |
"I can find no word to qualify my experiences except the word SHEER... It passed the... |
Tim Watts |
| 10 | "Smile, Smile, Smile": Wilfred Owen and the Politicians |
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag |
Douglas Kerr |
| 11 | Wilfred Owen and the Modern Elegy |
Owen's elegies are characterised by his scepticism of the genre's consolatory power. Such... |
Emma Suret |
| 12 | Reliving Wilfred Owen's 'Exposure' in Louis Simpson's World War II Poem 'The Battle' |
Wilfred Owen’s legacy is often characterized by hallmarks such as his use of pararhyme or half-... |
Michael Sarnowski |
| # | Resource Title | Description | Contributor |
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| 1 | Portraits of Wilfred Owen |
By Félicia Laude Acrylic paint and ink on dyed linen, 2018, 150 x 230 cm. |
Félicia Laude |
| 2 | Kouni gnani yli yégé |
By Nadia Ogou Batik, serigraphy and installation, 2018, 225 x 125 cm |
Nadia Ogou |
| 3 | Le masque forestier |
By Mathilde Blondeel Colour pencils, 2018, 42 x 29.7 cm based on vegetal material collected... |
Mathilde Blondeel |
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| 1 | Teaching materials by Lucy Freeland |
A sample of teaching material used with a class of Yr 9 students studying First World War poetry... |
Lucy Freeland |