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24 de may. de 2022 · Siegfried Sassoon was a groundbreaking poetic voice who detailed the horrors of the First World War trenches like no one else. But did he have shell shock?In...
10 de sept. de 2016 · It’s rich, haunting, and bursting with the enormities of war. The Dug-Out. You are too young to fall asleep for ever; And when you sleep you remind me of the dead. ‘The Dug-Out’ is perhaps my favourite of all of Sassoon’s poetry and one which stands out to me against his others, in all its confusion and sorrow.
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) was born into a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family and his early life was comfortable and leisured, dominated by sports and country pursuits. However, his poetic leanings were present even during this carefree period: the young Siegfried loved books and literature and said his only desire in life was to be a poet.
Siegfried Sassoon was born at Weirleigh outside of the village of Matfield in Kent on 8th September 1886 to Alfred Ezra Sassoon, a member of a wealthy Jewish merchant family, and to Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, who came from a family of prominent sculptors. Theresa was an Anglo-Catholic, and her marriage to Alfred resulted in his being ...
Siegfried Sassoon en New Beacon, cómo no con una pelota de cricket en la mano. En febrero de 1902 contrajo un sarampión que provocó una infección bacteriana y una doble pulmonía. Su madre se presentó en el colegio para cuidarlo y estuvo al pie de su cama durante semanas tratándolo, lo que probablemente salvó su vida.
Siegfried Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet and novelist, who became widely known as a result of a protest against the First World War that he made in 1917. Background. Sassoon's father ...
Siegfried Sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals,...
