Poetry vs. History: Debate at the Imperial War Museum, London, Wednesday, 4 October at 7.00pm

August 9, 2006

Poetry v. History!

Tickets at 7 Pounds full price or 5 Pounds for concessions, members of the War Poets Association or Friends of the Imperial War Museum are available weekdays 10am - 5pm from the Museum's Box Office, tel: 020 7416 5439 or e-mail: boxoffice@iwm.org.uk. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment. Members of the WPA or Friends of the IWM should mention their membership or memberships at the time of booking in order to benefit from the lower rate.

How have war poets like Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke shaped modern perceptions of the First World War? Have they distorted political and military reality, or given us an essential human insight into the conflict?

At the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London on Wednesday 4th October at 7.00pm (click here for a map and directions) the eminent historian Professor Richard Holmes will debate this issue with Lord Max Egremont, author of the recent acclaimed official biography, Siegfried Sassoon, and Tim Kendall, poet, Professor of English at Exeter University and author of Modern English War Poetry, recently published by Oxford University Press, and editor of OUP's forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry, to be published on 16 February 2007.

The debate is organised in association with the War Poets Association and with support from Oxford University Press and will be chaired by Professor Paul O'Prey of the War Poets Association.

The IWM's web page for the event is at http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.1220.

OUP is currently offering WPA members 20% discount on Tim Kendall's Modern English War Poetry and a range of related titles. the two last titles. Members should e-mail books@warpoets.org for details and a code to use with this offer.