The War Poets: An Anthology | Various
In prospect, the First World War seemed like a great adventure: the patriotic vision of glory painted by Rupert Brooke captures that pre-War euphoria. But the adventure's descent into the most terrible slaughter shattered men's beliefs and optimism. Owen lamented while Sassoon raged and Rosenberg recorded, with stark concision, the filthy ordeal. Their works, and the other poetry featured here, document the deception, disillusion and destruction of a generation.
The War Poets: An Anthology | 
