Brooke, Rupert.

The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke.

Eighteenth Impression. London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1941. Octavo. Portrait-frontispiece, VIII, 166 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Rupert Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially “The Soldier”. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as “the handsomest young man in England”. As a war poet Brooke came to public attention in 1915 when The Times Literary Supplement quoted two of his five sonnets (″IV: The Dead” and “V: The Soldier”) in full on 11 March and his sonnet “V: The Soldier” was read from the pulpit of St Paul’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday. (Wikipedia).

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 43380AB