Battleground Europe launches a new series of books devoted to the wartime experiences and influences of the "war poets" of the First World War. The first volume is devoted to Wilfred Owen, who has emerged as the greatest of these "war poets." As with many of his generation, the war was to be his only major experience; as Owen developed his poetry in response to many wartime encounters and incidents, only to die exactly one week before the Armistice. A full description of his military career is especially vital for a complete understanding of a writer such as Wilfred Owen. Like many war poets, Owen combined horror of and opposition In war with an unwillingness to be away from the front and a distinguished front line record. Owen was also influenced by wartime encounters and correspondence with other writers such as Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, as seen in the recent book and film Regeneration.
