{"title":"Wilfred Owen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilfred Owen's work captures the profound and often harrowing experiences of the First World War with striking honesty and poetic craft. Readers will find powerful war poems that explore themes of sacrifice, youth, and the brutal realities of conflict, offering a poignant reflection on the human cost of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together Owen’s evocative verse alongside related works that place his poetry in the wider context of wartime literature. Ideal for those interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, these titles deepen understanding of Owen’s legacy and the enduring impact of his voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anthem-for-doomed-youth-by-wilfred-owen-9780141397603","title":"Anthem For Doomed Youth","description":"Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary\n\n'Tonight he noticed how the women's eyes\nPassed from him to the strong men that were whole.'","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46240009224428,"sku":"9780141397603","price":9.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141397603.jpg?v=1741223946"},{"product_id":"poems-by-wilfred-owen-9780241303115","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collectible new Penguin Classics series – beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e is Wilfred Owen's only volume of poetry, first published posthumously in 1920 and edited by his friend and mentor, Siegfried Sassoon. Owen is regarded as one of the best poets of World War I and composed nearly all of his poems in just over a year, between August 1917 and September 1918. Owen was virtually unknown at the time of his death, yet his poetic account of a soldier's experience of war has shaped our impression of the horrors of the Western Front. This collection includes the well-known 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46516026736876,"sku":"9780241303115","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24830483482273.jpg?v=1748913153"},{"product_id":"the-war-poems-of-wilfred-owen-by-wilfred-owen-9781784874407","title":"The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe War Poems Of Wilfred Owen\u003c\/i\u003e features the greatest works of Wilfred Owen, the foremost poet of the First World War. This new hardback edition is published in commemoration of the war's end, a conflict that Owen's poetry ensures we shall never forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Orpheus, the pagan saint of poets, went through hell and came back singing. In twentieth-century mythology, the singer wears a steel helmet and makes his descent 'down some profound dull tunnel' in the stinking mud of the Western Front. For most readers of English poetry, the face under that helmet is that of Wilfred Owen.\" — Professor Jon Stallworthy, from his Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilfred Owen's life was tragically cut short in the days leading up to the Armistice in 1918. Yet, he left behind a visceral, honest, and unforgettable depiction of a soldier's experience during the First World War. This edition assembles his most significant war poetry, edited and introduced by Professor Jon Stallworthy. It stands as a powerful testament to the horrifying reality of war and the enduring impact of Owen's work, reminding us of the conflict that must never fade from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556147810540,"sku":"9781784874407","price":19.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13358903482823.jpg?v=1750138253"},{"product_id":"the-war-poems-of-wilfred-owen-by-wilfred-owen-9780701161262","title":"The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete and definitive edition of Owen's war poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete and definitive edition of poems from the greatest poet of WW1, Wilfred Owen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2018 marks a hundred years since the end of the First World War. Owen's death in battle, a few days before the Armistice, was a disastrous loss to English letters and left a legacy of the finest poetry that vividly captured the unimaginable horrors of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume, edited by Oxford Professor Jon Stallworthy, gathers together the poems for which Owen is best known and which represent his most important contribution to poetry in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The greatest of all the war poets.... it is Owen's intense respect for the soldier that makes his poetry so powerful. Those who did not return have their meticulously maintained stone memorials on the fields of Flanders. But their memorial in our minds is largely built by Wilfred Owen'\u003c\/em\u003e - Jeremy Paxman, \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556147908844,"sku":"9780701161262","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780701161262.jpg?v=1750140482"},{"product_id":"three-poets-of-the-first-world-war-by-ivor-gurney-9780141182070","title":"Three Poets of the First World War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn important new selection of First World War poetry, edited by Jon Stallworthy and Jane Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new selection brings together the poetry of three of the most distinctive and moving voices to emerge from the First World War. Here are the controlled passion and rich metaphors of Wilfred Owen's celebrated verses such as \u003cem\u003eAnthem for Doomed Youth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStrange Meeting\u003c\/em\u003e, along with many of his lesser-known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe elegiac poems of Ivor Gurney, including \u003cem\u003eRequiem\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Silent One\u003c\/em\u003e, reflect his love of language, music and landscape, while the visceral works of Isaac Rosenberg, such as \u003cem\u003eBreak of Day in the Trenches\u003c\/em\u003e, are filled with stark imagery but also, as in \u003cem\u003eLouse Hunting\u003c\/em\u003e, with vitality and humour. 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Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Stands the Church clock at ten to three?  \nAnd is there honey still for tea?' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eThe Old Vicarage, Grantchester\u003c\/em\u003e. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464190968044,"sku":"9781399614061","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399614061-rupert-brooke-wilfred-owen.jpg?v=1775041426"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/wilfred-owen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}