First World War poetry with Dr Kate Macdonald

In most countries in Western Europe, the 11th November is marked with a public holiday to remember Armistice Day - the end of first world war hostilities on the western front. The poetry from that era has endured, and the words of great figures in English literature still speak to the experience of war. Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon - all left a rich legacy, despite having died so young. This poetry is discussed by Dr Kate Macdonald, a British academic who teaches in a Flemish university - the University of Gent, in Belgium. Most of her students grew up on or near the very ground where so many lost their lives in the First World War. More From Brussels spoke with her about the significance of this poetry to students of English literature.

Kate Macdonald also podcasts at www.reallylikethisbook.com: podcasting about the books we shouldn't forget.