Jean Moorcroft Wilson Books

Exploring the life and poetry of Isaac Rosenberg, this work delves into the impact of his impoverished Jewish heritage and social class on his writing. It charts his journey from childhood in Bristol and London's Jewish East End to art school, his experiences in South Africa, and ultimately his tragic service as a soldier in World War I. The narrative highlights his poetic evolution and the profound themes reflected in his work, culminating in his untimely death on the Western Front at 27.

Focusing on the life of Siegfried Sassoon, this two-volume biography by Jean Moorcroft Wilson delves into his experiences as a soldier and poet during and after the Great War. The first volume explores his poetry, patriotism, and anti-war sentiments up to the war's end. The second volume uncovers Sassoon's post-war life, including romantic relationships with notable figures and friendships with prominent literary icons like Hardy and E.M. Forster, revealing a complex individual shaped by love and loss amidst a century of conflict.

This new revelatory biography of Robert Graves re-examines his position as a major First World War poet, as well as a master prose writer.

The first full biography of major World War I poet Edward Thomas in thirty years.

This book offers a dual portrait of Virginia Woolf and her deep connection to London, exploring her intense personal and literary responses to her native city, akin to the experiences of Dickens, Pepys, and Dr. Johnson.