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Oxford Poetry 1920

From Fairie to the Somme: 1910-1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Into the Waste Land: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
New Age: 1936 1937
War and Movement: 1942-1943 1946:No 1 1946:No 2 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
The Fantasy: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960
"Fortnightly": 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3
Magazine: I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1 III.2 III.3 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3
Fin de siècle: V.1 V.2 V.3 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3 VII.1 VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2
Rebound: X.1 X.2 X.3 XI.1

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Published by Blackwell's vi+58pp
edited by V. M. B. [Vera M. Brittain], C. H. B. K. [C. H. B. Kitchin], A. P. [Alan Porter]
no preface

Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth" records that "Throughout that summer term and vacation, the three of us ploughed through oceans of MSS., enthusiastically submitted to us by literary aspirants of all ages from 18 to 28." They worked at her digs in Bevington Road. A wide choice because many demobilized soldiers had resumed their educations and had written substantial poetry during their travails. Basil Blackwell reportedly thought OP 1920 would be "the best single volume I have turned out" and so it proved.

Edmund Blunden: Sheet Lightning; Forefathers;

G. H. Bonner: Sonnet;

Vera M. Brittain: Boar's Hill, October, 1919; The Lament of the Demobilized; Daphne;

G. A. Fielding Bucknall: Unto Dust;

Roy Campbell: The Porpoise; Bonguri's Theology;

Eric Dickinson: Three Sonnets;

Louis Golding: The Moon-Clock; Cold Branch in the Black Air; I Seek a Wild Star;

Robert Graves: Morning Ph¦nix;

L. P. Hartley: Candlemas;

Bertram Higgins, as B. Higgins: One Soldier;

Winifred Holtby: The Dead Man;

Richard Hughes, as R. W. Hughes: The Rolling Saint; The Song of Proud James;

E. W. Jacob: Here's a Daffodil; Nursery Rhymes;

George Johnstone, as G. H. Johnstone: Summer; "Ipse Ego...";

C. H. B. Kitchin: Opening Scene from "Amphitryon";

V. de S. Pinto: Art;

Alan Porter: Life and Luxury; A Far Country;

Hilda Reid: The Magnanamity of Beasts;

Edgell Rickword: Intimacy; Crave Joys; Advice to a Girl from the Wars; Yegor; Strange Elements;

W. Force Stead: The Burden of Babylon;

L. A. G. Strong: Frost; Vera Venvstas; A Baby; From the Greek; A Devon Rhyme; The Bird Man; Christopher Marlye;



			Oxford Poetry 1920 From Fairie to the Somme: 1910-1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Into the Waste Land: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 New Age: 1936 1937 War and Movement: 1942-1943 1946:No 1 1946:No 2 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 The Fantasy: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 "Fortnightly": 1970:No 1 1970:No 2 1970:No 3 Magazine: I.1 I.2 I.3 II.1 II.2 II.3 III.1 III.2 III.3 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3 Fin de siècle: V.1 V.2 V.3 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3 VII.1 VII.2 VII.3 VIII.1 VIII.2 VIII.3 IX.1 IX.2 Rebound: X.1 X.2 X.3 XI.1 Back to Oxford Poetry 1919 * Forward to Oxford Poetry 1921 * Home Published by Blackwell's vi+58pp edited by V. M. B. [Vera M. Brittain], C. H. B. K. [C. H. B. Kitchin], A. P. [Alan Porter] no preface Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth" records that "Throughout that summer term and vacation, the three of us ploughed through oceans of MSS., enthusiastically submitted to us by literary aspirants of all ages from 18 to 28." They worked at her digs in Bevington Road. A wide choice because many demobilized soldiers had resumed their educations and had written substantial poetry during their travails. Basil Blackwell reportedly thought OP 1920 would be "the best single volume I have turned out" and so it proved. Contents Edmund Blunden: Sheet Lightning; Forefathers; G. H. Bonner: Sonnet; Vera M. Brittain: Boar's Hill, October, 1919; The Lament of the Demobilized; Daphne; G. A. Fielding Bucknall: Unto Dust; Roy Campbell: The Porpoise; Bonguri's Theology; Eric Dickinson: Three Sonnets; Louis Golding: The Moon-Clock; Cold Branch in the Black Air; I Seek a Wild Star; Robert Graves: Morning Ph¦nix; L. P. Hartley: Candlemas; Bertram Higgins, as B. Higgins: One Soldier; Winifred Holtby: The Dead Man; Richard Hughes, as R. W. Hughes: The Rolling Saint; The Song of Proud James; E. W. Jacob: Here's a Daffodil; Nursery Rhymes; George Johnstone, as G. H. Johnstone: Summer; "Ipse Ego..."; C. H. B. Kitchin: Opening Scene from "Amphitryon"; V. de S. Pinto: Art; Alan Porter: Life and Luxury; A Far Country; Hilda Reid: The Magnanamity of Beasts; Edgell Rickword: Intimacy; Crave Joys; Advice to a Girl from the Wars; Yegor; Strange Elements; W. Force Stead: The Burden of Babylon; L. A. G. Strong: Frost; Vera Venvstas; A Baby; From the Greek; A Devon Rhyme; The Bird Man; Christopher Marlye; Copyright Oxford Poetry 2000. Pictured above: Detail from "Parnassus" by Nicholas Poussin

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