Women Poets

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

Sep 18, 201440:36Education

Dr Jane Potter looks at a range of women poets who wrote during, and in the years that followed, World War One. Dr Jane Potter's research and teaching focuses on book and literary history. Her monograph Boys in Khaki, Gi...

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