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Up the Line to Death presents a carefully arranged selection of English poetry that captures the voices of soldiers and civilians during World War I. Selected from British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and American poets, the poems are organized chronologically, tracing the war’s progression. The anthology also includes contemporary works by major poets who did not serve, and its title echoes the famous line from Siegfried Sassoon’s “Base Details.”
First publish date: 1964
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Brian Gardner
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