《死者日记：亚瑟·格雷姆·沃思的遗嘱之作》

English | 2024 | ISBN: 1805000608 | 208 Pages | True ePUB | 6.05 MB

A young scholar's World War I journey from eager enlistment to profound disillusionment, reflected in poignant war poetry before his tragic death.

Born in September 1891, Arthur Graeme West was a quiet and self-effacing youth with a passion for literature, who went on to become a keen Oxford scholar. When war broke out in 1914, for some time it left him untouched. However, in January 1915, in a rush of enthusiasm, he enlisted as a private in the Public Schools Battalion. From that time, until his death in April 1917, his life was a succession of training in England and fighting in France, with short intervals of leave.

West joined due to a feeling of duty and patriotism, but the war was to have a profound effect on him. He developed an intense abhorrence of army life and began to question the very core of his beliefs — in religion, patriotism and the reason for war. This growing disillusionment found expression in two particularly powerful war poems, God! How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men and Night Patrol, which stand deservedly alongside those of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.

In August 1916, he became a second lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Shortly after, he wrote to his CO renouncing the war and any further part in it — but he could not bring himself to post the letter. Less than a year later, on April 3rd, 1917, he was shot dead by a sniper's bullet near Bapaume.

Written with complete frankness and sincerity, Diary of a Dead Officer gives voice to West's struggle to come to terms with the realities of war and is a poignant tribute to a lost generation of soldiers.

一位年轻学者从满怀热情的参军，到深刻的失望，在战争诗歌中流露出来并最终在悲剧性死亡前反映其整个历程。 1891年9月出生的阿瑟·格雷姆·韦斯特是一位内敛谦逊的年轻人，他热爱文学，并成长为了一名热衷于牛津学习的年轻人。1914年战争爆发时，对于一段时间内并未影响到他。然而，在1915年的1月份，他出于责任感和爱国心，急切地加入公学营作为一名士兵。从那时起直至1917年4月去世前，他的生活就是英国的训练和法国的战斗接续不断，其间有短暂的休假。 韦斯特由于责任和爱国主义感到参军是正确的，但战争对他产生了深刻的影响。他发展出了对军队生活的强烈厌恶，并开始质疑其信仰的核心——宗教、爱国心以及战争的目的。这种日益增长的失望在两首特别有力的战争诗中得到了表达，《神啊！我多么憎恨你，那些年轻的欢快的人们》和《夜巡查哨》，它们与席勒夫·施奈松和威廉德·奥温的作品一样值得尊敬。 1916年8月，他成为牛津郡和巴克斯韦尔轻步兵的一名少尉。不久后，他写信给自己的上级将军表示放弃战争并拒绝参与其中——但他无法放下这封信。不到一年之后，在1917年4月3日，他在贝帕姆附近被狙击手的子弹射杀。 以完全坦率和真诚的方式撰写的日记中的死军官表现了韦斯特试图处理战争现实的努力，并对战死者所代表的一代人表示深情的敬意。

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