Oxford Poetry 1918 captures a wartime generation of Oxford voices, alive to faith, irony, modern life, and literary experiment. Across its varied lyrics, sonnets, monologues, and satirical pieces, the anthology moves from youthful love, romance, and Oxford landscapes of lawns, rivers, bells, and remembered companionship to elegy, mortality, and the pressure of loss. Some poems dwell in pastoral beauty and decorative reverie; others confront trench memory, psychological dislocation, corruption, hypocrisy, and the dead as a rebuke to society's cruelty. The collection balances wit with melancholy, myth with contemporary unease, and intellectual elegance with emotional immediacy. It includes conjuring scenes, reimagined legends such as Polyphemus, Arthur and Guinevere, and Pygmalion, as well as poems on age, friendship, fellowship, and the split between public role and private self. Catholic-inspired verse, moral intensity, and occasional comic tenderness sit beside meditations on nature, spiritual longing, and the transforming power of art. With contributors such as Dorothy L. Sayers and Edith Sitwell, it offers a vivid snapshot of Oxford's poetic energy. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

À propos de l'auteur

Earp, T. W.

T. W. (Thomas Wade) Earp was an English writer, critic, and editor whose career unfolded in the vibrant literary world of the early twentieth century, a period shaped by war, experiment, and the search for new artistic voices. Closely associated with modern poetry and the cultural life of Oxford, he helped nurture and interpret a generation of writers at a time when English literature was being reshaped by upheaval and innovation. Earp’s most important achievements came through his editorial and critical work, where he brought clarity, judgment, and encouragement to contemporary poetry, helping to define a space for emerging talents and fresh styles. His writing reflects a deep interest in the craft of verse, the responsibilities of criticism, and the way literature can respond to historical crisis without losing its human center. Themes of artistic renewal, intellectual seriousness, and the importance of literary community run through his work and remain relevant today, especially in an era still asking how art can speak meaningfully amid uncertainty. Though not always as widely remembered as the poets he championed, Earp’s legacy endures in the institutions and critical conversations that shape literary culture, and in the quiet but lasting influence of those who help new voices be heard. Readers who enjoy literary history, modern poetry, and thoughtful criticism will find his work especially rewarding.