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"British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction by Oxford University

Sep 22, 201451:03Education

Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war) poems of his literary career. Meg Crane is a teacher and President of the Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship.

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Siegfried Sassoon is an episode from "British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction by Oxford University. Meg Crane looks at the war poems of Siegfried Sassoon, framed by the first and last (non-war) poems of his literary career. Meg Crane...

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