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Armistice
A Laureate's Choice of Poems of War and Peace
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Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy chooses 100 poems to commemorate the Armistice of 1918, and themes of peace and truce more generally - now in paperback.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy chooses 100 poems to commemorate the Armistice of 1918, and themes of peace and truce more generally - now in paperback.
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The Armistice of 1918 brought ceasefire to the war on the Western Front, but the Great War would not, as hoped, be 'the war to end all wars'. In this affecting selection, British Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, guides us deep into the act and root of armistice: its stoppage or 'stand' of arms, its search for truce and ceasefire.
In 100 poems, our most cherished poets of the Great War speak alongside those from other conflicts and cultures, so that we hear some of the lesser-heard voices of war, including wives, families, those left behind. These poems of war and peace memorialise the horror and the tragedy of conflict. At the same time, in armistice, they become a record of renewal and a testimony to hope.
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ISBN: 9780571347087
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 October 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 160g
Pages: 192
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About the Author
Carol Ann Duffy won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in America, while Rapture won the T. S. Eliot Prize 2005. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent volumes are New and Collected Poems for Children (2009) and The Bees (2011), which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her Collected Poems was published in 2015. She is British Poet Laureate.
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