War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

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Categorie: BEROEMDHEDEN

Narrated by Michael Sheen, this documentary details the experiences of the poets and writers who served in the 1916 Battle of the Somme. It remains the most famous battle of World War I, remembered for its bloodshed and its limited territorial gains. What is often overlooked, however, is the literary importance of the Somme: more writers and poets fought in it than in any other battle in history. The work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg and JRR Tolkien (who...