Siegfried Sassoon

Patrick Campbell divides his time between Thailand and England.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Abbreviations      Part OneChapter 1: Introduction      Chapter 2: The Progress of the Poet      Chapter 3: Frail Women and Glorious Boys      Chapter 4: “O World God Made!” Pacifism, Pantheism, Self-Sacrifice      Chapter 5: Working Methods and Formal Concerns      Chapter 6: Literary Influences      Chapter 7: The Poetic Achievement      Part TwoChapter 8: 1915–1916: “War Is Our Scourge; Yet War Has Made Us Wise”      Chapter 9: “Goodbye to Galahad”: The Somme and Its Aftermath      Chapter 10: “Unmasking the Ugly Face of Mars”: August 1916 to April 1917      Chapter 11: “When Will It Stop?” May 1917 to January 1918      Chapter 12: “Waiting for the End, Boys”: January 1918 to March 1919      Appendix: Diary Poems      Select Bibliography      Index

“recommended”—Choice; “carefully detailed textual analysis”—AB Bookman’s Weekly; “well researched”—TLS; “helps provide rich detail to understanding and appreciating some of the poet’s remarkable verse. Campbell’s scholarly apparatuses are both exhaustive and helpful”—Catholic Library World; “uncovered works are examined with new testimonies and diaries”—The Word Magazine.