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The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This book, published in 1920 and edited by his friend Siegfried Sassoon, contains his best known poems.
The poems were not well received initially because they did not fit with the mood of triumphalism after the war. But they have latterly come to be considered one of the most significant collections of war poetry of the 20th century both for their alternative view of war ("the pity of war") and for their technical innovation.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
https://archive.org/details/poemsowenwil00owenrich
Target completion date: 2024-07-01
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[*]Project Code: WsTihtpe
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen (Wilfred Owen)
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[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 24
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1920
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Genres for the project: Poetry/Single author
Keywords that describe the book: Poetry, English, First World War
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Preface to Poems by Wilfred Owen. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Preface."
End of recording:"Title of Poem, by Wilfred Owen. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."]
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Filename: poems_##_owen_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. poems_01_owen_128kb.mp3)
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