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Through Siegfried Sassoon would argue the point throughout his life, most critics regard his war poetry, written during World War I, as the best of his writings. Like many of his artistic contemporaries, Sassoon embraced the Great War for Civilization with great fervor, and it was this passion that he brought to his earliest writings about the war. Absolution, his first war poem, published in 1915, summed up his feelings: fighting for our freedom, we are free. Fighting on the frontlines, Sassoon soon came to the conviction that his war for civilization was anything but civilized. And thus his writings took on a new tone, courageously denouncing a conflict that was no longer about defense and liberation but was for aggression and conquest. Through primary documents and extensive research, the current work provides critical analyses of Sassoon's war poetry. Detailed examinations of each of the so-called trench poems show how the poet and his poetry were transformed through his wartime experiences and give the rationale for the critical consensus that the Sassoon canon is among the most significant in the literature of modern warfare.

Thematology --- Sassoon, Siegfried --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Soldiers' writings, English --- War poetry, English --- Literature and the war. --- History and criticism. --- Sassoon, Siegfried, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war. --- Soldiers' writings, English - History and criticism. --- War poetry, English - History and criticism. --- Sassoon, Siegfried, - 1886-1967 - Criticism and interpretation. --- Sassoon, Siegfried, - 1886-1967

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English poetry --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Literature and history --- Soldiers' writings, English --- War poetry, English --- Myth in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Literature and the war. --- History --- Myth in literature --- History and criticism --- Literature and the war --- English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism. --- World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war. --- Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 20th century. --- Soldiers' writings, English - History and criticism. --- War poetry, English - History and criticism.

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English poetry --- World War, 1914-1918 --- War poetry, English --- Poésie anglaise --- Première guerre mondiale --- Poésie de guerre anglaise --- History and criticism --- Literature and the war --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature et guerre --- Soldiers' writings, English --- -War poetry, English --- -Soldiers' writings, English --- -World War, 1914-1918 --- -European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- English soldiers' writings --- English war poetry --- English literature --- -History and criticism --- Poésie anglaise --- Première guerre mondiale --- Poésie de guerre anglaise --- Littérature et guerre --- World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Literature and the war --- English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism --- War poetry, English - History and criticism --- Soldiers' writings, English - History and criticism