Edmund Blunden (1896-1974)

A selective list of articles on the British war poet Edmund Blunden, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA guidelines for web sites


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Literary criticism

Acton, Carol. A substantial introduction to Edmund Blunden, from the Literary Encyclopedia, April 28, 2004

Byford, Alan. A review of Alan Byford's Edmund Blunden and the Great War: Recollections of a Friendship. Reviewed by Deborah Fisher at Tregolwn Book Reviews

Hemmings, Robert. Landscape as Palimpsest: Wordsworthian Topography in the War Writings of Blunden and Sassoon. Papers on Language and Literature, Summer 2007

Edmund Blunden: the forgotten war poet? Postings to a listserver

Brief information about the Edmund Blunden papers at Columbia Univ. Libraries

Very brief introduction to Edmund Blunden from Penguin publishers


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