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Wilfred Owen wrote ‘Strange Meeting' in the early months of 1918, shortly after being treated for shell shock at Craiglockhart hospital in Edinburgh, where he had met the stridently anti-war Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon's poetry of caustic realism quickly found its way into Owen's work, where it merged with the high romantic sublime of his other great influences, Keats and Shelley. Mark and Seamus discuss the unstable mixture of these forces and the innovative use of rhyme in a poem where the politics is less about ideology or argument than an intuitive response to the horror of war.Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/ppapplesignupIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/ppsignupFurther reading in the LRB:Seamus Heaney on Auden (and Wilfred Owen): https://lrb.me/pp6heaney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The impact of war on art - specifically on literature - is a subject that I find pretty fascinating. The First World War is maybe one of the first conflicts to incubate some brilliant writers. Some of the most prominent literary figures of the First World War were two British war poets called Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. I didn't know much about their story until I read an excellent book called “Soldiers Don't Go Mad” by Charles Glass which was published this year.  In this book, the journalist Charles Glass who was the Middle East correspondent for ABC for ten years and the author of numerous books on war, describes the story of these two poets specifically in terms of their mental health, and the treatment they received for what was then called “shell shock”, which today we might call Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). These two great poets were treated together at a mental hospital called Craiglockhart at Edinburgh. Both those poets came to Craiglockhart using different paths but connected in that institution and the book does an incredible job of describing the interplay of mental health, war and the creation of art. Siegfried Sassoon was an established poet and a war hero, whereas Wilfred Owen was just getting started but their stay together at this mental hospital would affect them both, personally and artistically.  Siegfried Sassoon lived well into his eighties but Wilfred Owen was tragically killed on November 4th 1918, only a week before the war ended on November 11th.  In this interview, Charles Glass & I discuss his book and specifically the themes of war, mental health and how they impact the creation of art. Books mentioned in this episode: Early in the interview, he mentions Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy which is a series of three novels about the First World War published in the early 1990s. His favourite book that I've never heard of: “Parade's End” by the British writer Ford Maddox Ford, a tetralogy of novels (that's 4 novels) set before, during and after WWI, published in the mid-1920s. The best book that he's read in the last 12 months: “Women of Troy”, by Pat Barker (2021), which is a retelling of the Iliad from the point of view of Trojan women.  The book that changed his mind: “American Power and the New Mandarins” by Noam Chomsky which changed his views about American imperial adventures. Find Charles Glass: Website: https://www.charlesglass.net/ Books: https://www.charlesglass.net/books/ Follow me ⁠⁠⁠@litwithcharles⁠⁠⁠ for more book reviews and recommendations!

'Born in 1893, Owen was teaching English to children near Bordeaux, France, when war broke out in the summer of 1914. The following year, he returned to England and enlisted in the war effort; by January 1916 he was on the front lines in France. As he wrote in 1918, his motives for enlisting were twofold, and included his desire to write of the experience of war: “I came out in order to help these boys—directly by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can.” On April 1, 1917, near the town of St. Quentin, Owen led his platoon through an artillery barrage to the German trenches, only to discover when they arrived that the enemy had already withdrawn. Severely shaken and disoriented by the bombardment, Owen barely avoided being hit by an exploding shell, and returned to his base camp confused and stammering. A doctor diagnosed shell-shock, a new term used to describe the physical and/or psychological damage suffered by soldiers in combat. Though his commanding officer was skeptical, Owen was sent to a French hospital and subsequently returned to Britain, where he was checked into the Craiglockhart War Hospital for Neurasthenic Officers. Owen's time at Craiglockhart—one of the most famous hospitals used to treat victims of shell-shock—coincided with that of his great friend and fellow poet, Siegfried Sassoon, who became a major influence on his work. After their treatment, both men returned to active service in France, though only Sassoon would survive the war. Owen came close, but on November 4, 1918, he was shot by a German machine-gunner during an unsuccessful British attempt to bridge the Sambre Canal, near the French village of Ors. In his hometown of Shrewsbury, near the Welsh border, his mother did not receive the telegraphed news of her son's death until after the fighting had ended' Original poems were written by Wilfred Owen who was killed during The Great War. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nomanslandbynac/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nomanslandbynac/support

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Ric's friend James. An inherited appreciation of movies & an open mind to new opportunities have paved the way to his own cinematic story telling! Craiglockhart : https://craiglockhart.simplecast.com IG: @craiglockhart1917 FB:https://www.facebook.com/craiglockhart.audio.drama/ Twitter: @CLH1917 The Island: Trailer:https://vimeo.com/463917752 IG - @theislandseries Film Festivals: The El Paso Film Festival on October 16th. You can download the app on your streaming device (Roku, Apple TV, etc) and watch for free. We encourage this one since it's the only one that's free. Then we have SCAD Savannah Film Festival October 24- 31st.  Tickets are on sale now. We screen October 28th in Global Shorts Forum: Black Voices at 11am.  We end with The Official Latino Film Festival November 27 - 30. Tickets on sale November 15th. We are in block 6.  

WW1 - 1917 When David Allister, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is placed in the care of Dr. Ethan Drury at Craiglockhart mental hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. While there, he meets Arthur Bridgland, a shell-shocked soldier obsessed with returning to battle after having been labeled a coward. David delights in tormenting Arthur until he meets and falls in love with Arthur’s suffragette sister, Lucy. Written and Directed by Frank Hudec.  Produced by James Faller and Frank Hudec. Edited by James Faller.Music by Andrei Gravelle. Casting by Gregory Wolfe. The Cast:Nicholas Few as DAVID ALLISTER.Michael Frederic as ARTHUR BRIDGLAND.Jenna Krasowski as LUCY BRIDGLAND.Shauna Bloom as MARTHA ALLISTER.Rik Walter as DR. ETHAN DRURY.Monique Vukovic as MARISA.Additional Voices by Gregory Wolfe and James Wolfe. Voice-Over by Jason B. Lucas. Audio Consulting by Ricardo Berrios. Dream Sequence Music from"Midnight Mushroom Music"  by Nanotopia on SoundCloud. CRAIGLOCKHART was cast, rehearsed, and recorded entirely over the internet during New York City's COVID-19 quarantine in the Spring of 2020.©2020 

WW1 - 1917 When David Allister, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is placed in the care of Dr. Ethan Drury at Craiglockhart mental hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. While there, he meets Arthur Bridgland, a shell-shocked soldier obsessed with returning to battle after having been labeled a coward. David delights in tormenting Arthur until he meets and falls in love with Arthur’s suffragette sister, Lucy. Written and Directed by Frank Hudec.  Produced by James Faller and Frank Hudec. Edited by James Faller.Music by Andrei Gravelle. Casting by Gregory Wolfe. The Cast:Nicholas Few as DAVID ALLISTER.Michael Frederic as ARTHUR BRIDGLAND.Jenna Krasowski as LUCY BRIDGLAND.Shauna Bloom as MARTHA ALLISTER.Rik Walter as DR. ETHAN DRURY.Additional Voices by Gregory Wolfe and James Wolfe. Voice-Over by Jason B. Lucas. Audio Consulting by Ricardo Berrios. Dream Sequence Music from"Midnight Mushroom Music"  by Nanotopia on SoundCloud. CRAIGLOCKHART was cast, rehearsed, and recorded entirely over the internet during New York City's COVID-19 quarantine in the Spring of 2020.©2020 

WW1 - 1917 When David Allister, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is sent to Craiglockhart mental hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. For the best experience, please listen with headphones.

WW1 - 1917 When David Allister, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is placed in the care of Dr. Ethan Drury at Craiglockhart mental hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. While there, he meets Arthur Bridgland, a shell-shocked soldier obsessed with returning to battle after having been labeled a coward. David delights in tormenting Arthur until he meets and falls in love with Arthur’s suffragette sister, Lucy. Written and Directed by Frank Hudec.  Produced by James Faller and Frank Hudec. Edited by James Faller.Music by Andrei Gravelle. Casting by Gregory Wolfe. The Cast:Nicholas Few as DAVID ALLISTER.Michael Frederic as ARTHUR BRIDGLAND.Jenna Krasowski as LUCY BRIDGLAND.Shauna Bloom as MARTHA ALLISTER.Rik Walter as DR. ETHAN DRURY.Additional Voices by Gregory Wolfe and James Wolfe. Voice-Over by Jason B. Lucas. Audio Consulting by Ricardo Berrios. “Dream Sequence Music fromMidnight Mushroom Music"  by Nanotopia on SoundCloud. CRAIGLOCKHART was cast, rehearsed, and recorded entirely over the internet during New York City's COVID-19 quarantine in the Spring of 2020.©2020

Craiglockhart By Brian Johnstone

Emily Turner discusses Craiglockhart staff and Hydra writers as medical activists. Find out more about the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies: http://www.cncs.bbk.ac.uk/

On this day in 1917, Wilfred Owen met Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart, and in Folkestone, Adeline and Victor Lumley see clearly, but in different ways. Written by Katie Hims Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

Audio della presentazione/happening al Vag61 di Bologna, 11 dicembre 2015. Intro della serata – Yvan Goll, i dadaisti e il titolo del libro – La follia e la fuga: la psichiatria militare e il dibattito sulle sorti degli “scemi di guerra” – Gaetano Boschi e il sanatorio per nevrastenici da trincea – De Chirico e Carrà degenti a Villa del Seminario: la pittura metafisica – Craiglockhart e i War Poets.

Claudia Hammond is joined by mental health campaigner, Marion Janner to discuss some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards. She hears from one pair of finalists, Helen and Lin. Helen nominated her mental health nurse, Lin in the professional category. Helen explains the difference Lin's help made and how she believes she saved her life. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra - a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon. In 1916 the Military Cross was awarded to a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers for "conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches". The citation noted that he had braved "rifle and bomb fire" and that "owing to his courage and determination, all the killed and wounded were brought in". The hero in question was the poet, Siegfried Sassoon. And yet a year later, and at great personal risk, Sassoon publicly denounced the conduct of the war in which he had fought so well.Although famous for his bitter, satirical verses and his denunciation of the conduct of the war which landed him in Craiglockhart mental hospital there is much more to this man of contradictions. A mentor to Wilfred Owen, arch enemy of T.S. Eliot and the Modernist movement, his life included a string of homosexual affairs, a failed marriage, a religious conversion and several tumultuous arguments with literary friends. Notably Robert Graves. He was also an obsessive diarist and writer of autobiography and he continued to write poetry until his death, from cancer, in 1967. But how significant a poet is Siegfried Sassoon, what version of Englishness did this half-Jewish, homosexual cricket lover invent for himself and how do you explain the mind of a man who bitterly opposed the First World War, yet fought in it with an almost insane ferocity?With Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Lecturer in English at Birkbeck, University of London and a biographer of Sassoon; Fran Brearton, Reader in English and Assistant Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at the University of Belfast; Max Egremont, a biographer of Siegfried Sassoon

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon. In 1916 the Military Cross was awarded to a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers for "conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches". The citation noted that he had braved "rifle and bomb fire" and that "owing to his courage and determination, all the killed and wounded were brought in". The hero in question was the poet, Siegfried Sassoon. And yet a year later, and at great personal risk, Sassoon publicly denounced the conduct of the war in which he had fought so well.Although famous for his bitter, satirical verses and his denunciation of the conduct of the war which landed him in Craiglockhart mental hospital there is much more to this man of contradictions. A mentor to Wilfred Owen, arch enemy of T.S. Eliot and the Modernist movement, his life included a string of homosexual affairs, a failed marriage, a religious conversion and several tumultuous arguments with literary friends. Notably Robert Graves. He was also an obsessive diarist and writer of autobiography and he continued to write poetry until his death, from cancer, in 1967. But how significant a poet is Siegfried Sassoon, what version of Englishness did this half-Jewish, homosexual cricket lover invent for himself and how do you explain the mind of a man who bitterly opposed the First World War, yet fought in it with an almost insane ferocity?With Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Lecturer in English at Birkbeck, University of London and a biographer of Sassoon; Fran Brearton, Reader in English and Assistant Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at the University of Belfast; Max Egremont, a biographer of Siegfried Sassoon