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On this page Sources of war poetry and war and peace studies information (see panel on right.) Booksellers who stock our anthologies Poetry libraries (UK) Literary societies (UK) devoted to the study and celebration of First World War poets Critical study material for First World War poetry War poetry and war poets websites War related websites Booksellersthe war poetry anthologies are available from all booksellers, and other book sources worldwide, but the following usually hold stocks. Internet book suppliers. A great many branches of Waterstones Many branches of Borders UK Some Books etc branches Some branches of Blackwells The Imperial War Museum (London) All book suppliers can obtain our titles for you. Poetry LibrariesThe Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, Level 5, London SE1 8XX.
Birmingham Library Services, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
B3 3HQ.
Literary SocietiesThe Wilfred Owen Association, Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship. PO
Box 11, Cowbridge, CF71 7XT
Contact Deborah Fisher, 01656 659 286 www.sassoonfellowship.org.uk Edward Thomas Fellowship, c/o Colin Thornton, 1 Carfax, undercliff Drive, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight PO38 1XG Phone 01983 853366 www.edward-fellowship.org.uk Ivor Gurney Society.
4 Myton Road, London SE21 8EB
The Rupert Brooke Society
45/47 Mill Way, Grantchester CB3 9ND The David Jones Society
Robert Graves Society. Contact Patrick Villa, 01275 373 166 (Unable to confirm details 2008) The John Masefield Society
Friends of the Dymock Poets (Edward Thomas, Rupert
Brooke and others). Hon. Secretary: Catharine Luck, Burgage House, 19 The
Southend, Ledbury, Herefordhire HR8 2EY. Phone 01531 683 4796
www.dymockpoets.co.uk The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
Updated information for these pages welcomed. Please use contact details from first page of this website.
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War and Peace studies, and
teaching materials
Peace Pledge Union, 1 Peace Passage, London N7 0BT
Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), 11 Goodwin street, London N4
3HQ
United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNA),
3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL
Action for UN Renewal (Campaigns for reform of the United Nations) University of Bradford School of Peace Studies, Richmond Road, Bradford
BD7 1DP Critical StudiesThe first critical study of the war poetry of the entire 20th century - Modern English War Poetry by Tim Kendall - http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199276769 A Textwise guide to the poetry of the First World War was published in 2003. It consists of 48 A4 spiral bound, photocopiable pages of in depth analysis of poetry by 12 First World War poets. The pages are packed with sharp insights and written with an infectious passion for the subject. They cannot fail to enlighten and inspire students. More information is available from The Critical Forum, 10 West Street, Buckingham MK18 1HL or visit their web site: www.thecriticalforum.co.uk (Other links are scattered throughout this website and will be gathered together here eventually.See previous column for societies concerned with individual war poets.) War poetry blog A very interesting and frequently updated blog on war poetry of the 20th and 21st century, written by Professor Tim Kendall of Exeter University http://war-poets.blogspot.comColonial war - Canada. Research Package for Kim Morrissey's Batoche;
poems, on the Internet Projects and Notes For Educators (with lesson plan by
Wilma Riley). Times Archives on the First World War poet Julian Grenfell The links go to the original reports in The Times on his death and that of his brother and cousins, and to various of the poems which The Times published. http://timesonline.typepad.com/timesarchive/2008/11/brothers-poets.html
The War Poets Association Official site of The War Poets Association. www.warpoets.org Poets Against War http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org Haiku Haiku of all kinds www.haiku.com Poetry by the UK armed forces The Forces Poetry website: http://www.forcespoetry.com/ Desert Rat Memorial Association Huge resource for researching the First World War www.firstworldwar.com Archive presenting alternative views of the First World War www.greatwardifferent.com Guardian and Observer archives - newspapers from 1791 - http://archive.guardian.co.uk Back to Main First World War Index |
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