Ask The Puma Research Guides: Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon was a British infantry officer during the First World War (1914-1918).  He is remembered for his angry, haunting poetry that defined the waste and tragedy of wartime sacrifices.  Some of his better-known poems are “Everyone Sang” (1919), “The General” (1918), and “Absolution” (1915). 

Call Numbers for Searching  the Shelves

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Barker, Pat. Regeneration. 1991.

                      Call Number:  PR6052 .A6488 R4 1991

• Ferguson, Margaret (Ed.). Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4^th Edition. 1996.

                      Call Number:  PR1174 .N6 1996   (See pgs. 1207-1210.)

• Ricks, Christopher (Ed.).  Oxford Book of English Verse. 1999. 

                       Call Number: PR1175 .O897 1999   (See pg. 554.)

• Winter, Jay and Blaine Baggett. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20^th Century. 1996.

                      Call Number:  D521 .W49 1996   (See pgs. 218-228.)

LINNCWeb online catalog – Search Term

• Sassoon, Siegfried  (Keywords Anywhere)

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series.  Call Number: REF PN771 .C58 NewRev

o   Vol. 36, pgs. 344-347

• Critical Survey of Poetry.  Call Number: REF PN1111 .C7

o   Vol. 6, pgs. 2466-2475

• Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Call Number: REF PS221 .D5

o   Vol. 20, pgs. 321-335

• Poetry Criticism. Call Number: REF PN1010 .P6

o   Vol. 12, pgs. 238-290

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, VCC East’s online card catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised on November 20, 2021