{"product_id":"selected-letters-of-wilfred-owen-9780199689507","title":"Selected Letters of Wilfred Owen","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis new, select edition of Wilfred Owen's letters provides a fresh understanding of the poet's life in his own words.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilfred Owen's fame as one of the great war poets of the twentieth century is unsurpassed, with \u003cem\u003eDulce et Decorum est\u003c\/em\u003e possibly the defining piece of World War literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOwen's letters reveal the man behind the cultural icon; human with all his foibles, whose 25 years were marked by great highs and lows, by emerging modernity, and the violence of war. Evocative, lyrical, and often surprisingly funny, the letters act as both autobiography and companion to the famous war poems. He was both an accomplished poet and one of the finest letter-writers of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by new notes and new introduction, as well as previously redacted and omitted material, the new edition of Owen's \u003cem\u003eSelected Letters\u003c\/em\u003e brings together past and contemporary scholarship to provide fresh insights into Owen's character and poetic development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Potter, \u003cem\u003eReader in Arts, Oxford International Centre for Publishing, Oxford Brookes University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Jane Potter is Reader in Arts at Oxford Brookes University and teaches Publishing courses in the School of Arts. Her research focuses on the literature of the First World War and book history. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eBoys in Khaki, Girls in Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War, 1914-1918\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2005), \u003cem\u003eThree Poets of the First World War: Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg and Wilfred Owen\u003c\/em\u003e, eds. Jon Stallworthy \u0026amp; Jane Potter (Penguin Classics, 2011), \u003cem\u003eWilfred Owen: An Illustrated Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2014), and, with Carol Acton, \u003cem\u003eWorking in a World of Hurt: Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in War Zones\u003c\/em\u003e (Manchester University Press, 2015). She is also editor of \u003cem\u003eA Cambridge History of World War One Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge University Press).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509549699346,"sku":"9780199689507","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fda398bb-96be-4ae5-9e6d-b2143b626a7c.jpg?v=1730901600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-letters-of-wilfred-owen-9780199689507","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}