Dr Alisa Miller holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, an MA from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on the comparative development of war cultures in twentieth century Europe and the United States, looking at how evolving literary networks – utilizing different forms of media and technology – influence political discourses and perceptions of violence. She has worked as a lecturer and in research policy and management. She joined King’s College London in October 2016 to work on the ERC-funded ‘Beyond Enemy Lines’ and ‘Ego-Media’ projects.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionI. LifeChapter 1: YouthChapter 2: The IdyllChapter 3: Self-mobilisationChapter 4: EnlistmentChapter 5: War and WaitingChapter 6: The War SonnetsChapter 7: TransportII. AfterlifeChapter 8: Patriotic PoetryChapter 9: Public DeathChapter 10: SyndicationChapter 11: ImageChapter 12: PatronsChapter 13: ReadersChapter 14: Poet-soldiersChapter 15: Careful CriticsChapter 16: ExportConclusionBibliography

'Miller states in conclusion that her book ‘is an attempt to assess and understand a particular cult figure in the context that created him. And it tries to collate and consider the language, people, and institutions that encouraged them – and him – to be read in the way that they were’ (p. 225). She succeeds admirably in this task, and her book should be of interest to anyone interested in not only Brooke or poetry more generally but also the cultural and institutional underpinnings that helped make the war possible and take the precise form it did.' Tim Dayton, First World War Studies