This seminar is intended as an introduction to First World War poetry. In order to provide a focus for this seminar, all of the 'featured' poems have been selected for their appropriateness to a given theme. The theme selected is that of injury and the physical, mental and other consequences of this.
The Poems
In most cases each poet or topic includes the following:
- An introduction to the poet/topic
- A featured poem, appropriate to the seminar's theme
- Some literary criticism of the featured poem
- Other relevant information or texts
- A selection of other poems appropriate to the poet/topic
