![]() Nothing else could match the terrifying intensity of their subject matter. Perhaps the novel seemed to artificial, too contrived for those that the war had tested to destruction. ![]() It is as if the only possible response to such carnage, from those who directly experienced it, was a visceral outpouring utilising the most concentrated form of literature we have – poetry. The War is especially renowned for the poetry it inspired – all British schoolchildren are familiar with the works of Rupert Brook, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and many others. ![]() But it is fascinating to see how the combatants themselves responded to the unspeakable events that they were witness to, compared to later writers. The horror of the First World War inspired (if that is the right word) a great outpouring of literature and other arts. ![]()
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