Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)


A selective list online literary criticism for British war poet Rupert Brooke, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in peer and editor reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association guidelines for web pages

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General Articles

Bridges, J. An introduction to Rupert Brooke from the Literary Encyclopedia, 24 July 2002

Maybin, Neil. A web site devoted to Brooke's grave on the Aegean island of Skyros by Professor Maybin, with a brief biography and information about Brooke's war experience

A biography of Rupert Brooke from the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland

Sonnets of World War One places Rupert Brooke's sonnets in the context of other sonnets by WWI poets

A brief discussion of Brooke, part of an online seminar on the poetry of World War I from Oxford University

A note on Brooke's obituary in The London Times, part of an online exhibition on WWI from Brigham Young Univ

A brief introduction to Brooke from the web site Lost Poets of the Great War by Prof. H. Rusch of Emory Univ

A very brief introduction to Rupert Brooke from the Academy of American Poets


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