Tag: Siegfried Sassoon

Some Fabulous Posts from Students working on Twentieth Century Literature in 2020 the year of Covid 19

by michaelgriffith1 • September 19, 2020 • 1 Comment

These students, many of them bound to their home/bedroom offices since March 2020 are working passionately on their literary understanding. These blogs show a heightened creativity in times of crisis and reveal a wonderful range of experiences triggered by their reading of early twentieth century authors. What comes through very strongly is the extent to…

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creativity in time of war

by michaelgriffith1 • August 13, 2020 • 0 Comments

Today we broached the world of Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke. The focus was on the way the English language became transformed during this period with the direct impact of the horrors of the First World War. The jingoistic idealism of Rupert Brooke was kicked out by the hard hitting, grating, consonantal observation…

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The Poetry of the First World War- 20th C Lit Week 4!

by michaelgriffith1 • August 18, 2015 • 0 Comments

The poetry of the First World War is always compelling in that it forces me to step out of my comfort zone and confront the harsh reality of utterly futile death, as expressed so painfully and powerfully in Wilfred Owen’s “Futility” Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering…