Kerrr is a relative newcomer, but his lines of thinking are so freesh, his readings so thoroughly versed in previous criticism, his analyses so carefully prepared,and his results so convincing, that he vaults himself into contention for the Wilfred Owen Poetry Reading Championship at Dunsden in 1998....Kerr's readings are full of lovely details...his discussions of individual poems have raised the standard for all readings of Owen...By the thoughtful and intelligent detailing of Wilfred Owen's voices, Kerr establishes himself as an individual talentt in the great tradition of Owen critics, and, more importantly, establishes Owen as a modernist writer whoseee extraordinary authority steems from more than his authentic death.

• Introduction. Part 1 Family: hearth and home; fathers and sons; brothers in arms; Susan. Part 2 Church: praying together; drink and the devil; the work of the ministry; troublesome voices. Part 3 Army: the disciplines of the wars; Wilfred Owen's England; morale and breakdown; officers and others. Part 4 Poetry: a history of poetry; a modern voice; English elegies; soldiers and poets.

Kerrr is a relative newcomer, but his lines of thinking are so freesh, his readings so thoroughly versed in previous criticism, his analyses so carefully prepared,and his results so convincing, that he vaults himself into contention for the Wilfred Owen Poetry Reading Championship at Dunsden in 1998....Kerr's readings are full of lovely details...his discussions of individual poems have raised the standard for all readings of Owen...By the thoughtful and intelligent detailing of Wilfred Owen's voices, Kerr establishes himself as an individual talentt in the great tradition of Owen critics, and, more importantly, establishes Owen as a modernist writer whoseee extraordinary authority steems from more than his authentic death.

• Introduction. Part 1 Family: hearth and home; fathers and sons; brothers in arms; Susan. Part 2 Church: praying together; drink and the devil; the work of the ministry; troublesome voices. Part 3 Army: the disciplines of the wars; Wilfred Owen's England; morale and breakdown; officers and others. Part 4 Poetry: a history of poetry; a modern voice; English elegies; soldiers and poets.

Kerrr is a relative newcomer, but his lines of thinking are so freesh, his readings so thoroughly versed in previous criticism, his analyses so carefully prepared,and his results so convincing, that he vaults himself into contention for the Wilfred Owen Poetry Reading Championship at Dunsden in 1998....Kerr's readings are full of lovely details...his discussions of individual poems have raised the standard for all readings of Owen...By the thoughtful and intelligent detailing of Wilfred Owen's voices, Kerr establishes himself as an individual talentt in the great tradition of Owen critics, and, more importantly, establishes Owen as a modernist writer whoseee extraordinary authority steems from more than his authentic death.

• Introduction. Part 1 Family: hearth and home; fathers and sons; brothers in arms; Susan. Part 2 Church: praying together; drink and the devil; the work of the ministry; troublesome voices. Part 3 Army: the disciplines of the wars; Wilfred Owen's England; morale and breakdown; officers and others. Part 4 Poetry: a history of poetry; a modern voice; English elegies; soldiers and poets.