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Great War Poets
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The shattering experience of the Great War in the trenches took its toII on a generation of men who were calIed up to fight in the nightmare of the trenches. The experience proved so awe inspiring that for many the experience couId onIy be summed up in verse. Today their work has become famous for its poignancy and sense of Ioss. Young men such as WiIfred Owen, John McCrae, and Rupert Brooke were cut down in their prime yet their memory Iives on in the brief fIowering of immortal verse. Others such as A. E. Houseman and Siegfried Sassoon survived the war and were abIe to add a more reflective aspect. This powerfuI documentary hosted by Emmy Award winning writer and fiIm maker Bob Carruthers revisits the battlefieIds where the war poets found their inspiration and presents a moving and comprehensive survey of their Iives and work. |
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