Folio Society Published Works Number 3455
Sassoon, Thomas, Owen, Graves, Frost et al Andrew Motion ed - The Folio Book of War Poetry
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Sassoon, Thomas, Owen, Graves, Frost et al Andrew Motion ed - The Folio Book of War Poetry (Published in by The Folio Society in 2021. Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a design by Jonathan Lloyd. Set in Plantin. 376 pages. Full colour title-page spread by Jonathan Lloyd, 10 integrated motifs printed in a second colour by Neil Gower. Blocked slipcase. 9.5" x 6.75". In his introduction to this unique Folio anthology, Andrew Motion tells us the best war poetry is 'concerned with much more than war itself – which helps to explain why we take it so much to heart'. It is a promise fulfilled in the former Poet Laureate's brilliant, eclectic selection, stretching from translations from Homer's Iliad ('the first and greatest of all war poems') to 20th-century verse written in the shadow of nuclear apocalypse. Motion's net takes in Anglo-Saxon epic, Cavalier poetry from the English Civil War and reactions to the horrors of the Blitz. There are works translated from classical Greek, Latin and Chinese, from medieval Welsh and from modern Polish and German. There is a strong showing from the First World War, with well-loved works by Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, but Motion seeks also to include lesser-heard voices on war, in poems by women including Emily Dickinson, Stevie Smith and Elizabeth Bishop. Bound in a camouflage-like binding The Folio Book of War Poetry is an anthology with as much to tell about human conflict as any history book, curated by one of Britain's greatest living poets. In this unique collection, Andrew Motion arranges his choices chronologically, bringing home how war and its poetry have changed through the ages. Although Anglo-American works make up the backbone of the anthology, other cultures are included; and there are selections that would not traditionally be considered war poetry, such as American patriotic songs, ribald rhymes from the trenches, and even Lewis Carroll's nonsense verse. The book's striking design is the work of two acclaimed illustrators. Jonathan Lloyd contributed bold, semi-abstract designs for the frontispiece and binding, while regular Folio Society collaborator Neil Gower created the swirling motifs that decorate the text. )
