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Essay Archive - Not So Hidden Agendas: Wilfred Owen and His Early Editors
Not So Hidden Agendas: Wilfred Owen and His Early Editors
Wilfred Owen is considered by many to be perhaps the best war poet
in English, if not world, literature. Yet, at the time of his death on
November 4, 1918, only five of his poems had been published. Thus, due to
his premature death, it is clear that Wilfred Owen was not responsible for
the development of his own reputation. Instead, it was through the efforts
of his editors that Wilfred Owen and his poetry were not forgotten on the
bloody fields of France. Indeed, I would a....
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