Wilfred Owen was killed in action on November 4, 1918. Frontispiece from Poems of Wilfred Owen (1920) 4 novembro 2018 Wilfred Owen 100 years on: poet gave voice to a generation of doomed youth Wim Van Mierlo, Loughborough University Dead at 25, a week before World War I ended, Owen summed up the conflict’s waste and futility.
Henry James in 1912. Wikimedia 26 fevereiro 2016 The real Henry James will never stand up – that’s his greatest legacy Hazel Hutchison, University of Aberdeen The American writer remains as elusive 100 years after his death as he was at the time.
August 1914: London volunteers await their pay at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. 29 agosto 2014 ‘Your country needs you’: why did so many volunteer in 1914? Toby Thacker, Cardiff University On the first day of the war in 1914, British newspapers published appeals for young men to join the colours, and to fight against Germany. Following the advice of the new Secretary for War, Lord Kitchener…