Literary Festival 2014: War and Memory

Synopsis

Panel discussion about the differing imperatives of the historian and the creative artist in response to the First World War.

Richard Ormond is an art historian, co-author of the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné, and former director of the National Maritime Museum.

Rachel Wagstaff is author of the play ‘The Soldier’, and adapter of Sebastian Faulks’ ‘Birdsong’ for the West End stage.

This event fwas part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2014, which took place from Monday 24 February - Saturday 1 March 2014.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Subjects

History; Literature

Keywords

literature; poetry; war; World War 1

Credits

Contributor

Rachel Wagstaff; Richard Ormond

Distributor

Name

London School of Economics

Web

http://www.lse.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window

Address

London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom