The Hydra
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The Hydra was a magazine
produced by the patients of the Craiglockhart War Hospital, noteworthy for having been edited at one time by Wilfred Owen
, and for including poems by Siegfried Sassoon
.
The Hydra is mentioned in Pat Barker
's novel Regeneration
about the experiences of patients at Craiglockhart War Hospital during World War I.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
produced by the patients of the Craiglockhart War Hospital, noteworthy for having been edited at one time by Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War...
, and for including poems by Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's...
.
The Hydra is mentioned in Pat Barker
Pat Barker
Pat Barker CBE, FRSL is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres around themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken.-Personal life:...
's novel Regeneration
Regeneration (novel)
For the 1997 film adaptation of the novel see Regeneration .Regeneration is a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1991. The novel was a Booker Prize nominee and was described by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best novels of the year in its year of publication...
about the experiences of patients at Craiglockhart War Hospital during World War I.