Back From the Front presents : Shock and Awe

19 Jul-17 Sep 2014

Overview

It is an uncomfortable truth, but conflict has long fascinated artists, poets and writers. Wilfred Owen, probably the most articulate purveyor of the pity of war, returned to the front lines not just to be with his men, but because he understood that the dreadfulness of war fuelled his imagination, honing his poetic sensibilities as nothing else could. His poetry acts as both witness and warning, and like so many of the greatest art works of the twentieth century, serves as a salutary reminder of the dreadful consequences of armed conflict.