In this first full critical study of Owen for 25 years, and the first
ever to be based on research into all his surviving papers and books,
Dominic Hibberd discusses the significance for his poetry of many
scarcely known elements in his life: his battle with Revivalism; his
discovery of the French Decadence; his alleged cowardice; his shellshock
and its treatment; his homosexuality and his friendship with Oscar
Wilde's followers. This is likely to be the most authoritative book on
its subject for many years to come.