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BBC - The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones' In Parenthesis (2016)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2004 Kbps | 59mn 14s | 906 MiB
Audio: English AAC 130 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

In Parenthesis is considered one of the greatest ever literary works about war. TS Eliot called it a work of genius and WH Auden said it did for the British and Germans what Homer did for the Greeks and Trojans. Published in 1937, it is based intimately on the wartime experiences of its author David Jones, a Londoner who volunteered to fight when he was just 19. Unlike many war poets, Jones remained a private throughout the war, and he fought for longer than any other British writer. In this programme, the poet and author Owen Sheers traces the story of In Parenthesis, from an English parade ground to the carnage of the Somme offensive.

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