The Minefield

“Truths that lie too deep for taint”: Wilfred Owen’s war poetry in our blood-soaked present

Waleed Aly, Scott Stephens, and Simon Tedeschi discuss the enduring moral and rhetorical significance of Wilfred Owen's war poetry, focusing on 'Strange Meeting' and 'The Parable of the Old Man and the Young' in the context of contemporary violence.

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