Regeneration: The first novel in Pat Barker's Booker Prize-winning Regeneration trilogy (Regeneration, 1)

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Wilfred Owen– The fictional Owen is based upon the actual poet who died just before the end of the war in 1918. His posthumously published poems greatly increased his reputation. [13] He is largely a peripheral character in the novel. [13] Barker depicts Owen as initially unsure of the standard of his own poetry and asks Sassoon to help him revise them. [13] These unrevised versions of the poems are not drafts originally by Owen, but rather versions of the poems revised by Barker. [13] Owen's sexuality is also questioned, as Sassoon comments that Owen's feelings towards him seem to extend further than mere hero-worship. Other interviews also emphasise her memories of her grandfather's stories about his experience. [6] Soon, the medical board review the soldiers' cases deciding on their fitness for combat. Prior receives permanent home service due to his asthma. Prior breaks down, fearing that he will be seen as a coward. Sassoon, tired of waiting for his board, leaves the hospital to dine with a friends, causing conflict with Rivers. Following the medical board, Prior and Sarah meet again and admit their love. Sassoon and Owen discuss Sassoon's imminent departure and Owen is deeply affected. Sassoon comments to Rivers that Owen's feelings may be more than mere hero worship.

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A conscientious objector is a term used to describe a person who refuses to join an army or participate in violence based on moral grounds. These may be religious or personal reasons. a b c Barker, Pat; Rob Nixon (2004). "An Interview with Pat Barker". Contemporary Literature. 45 (1): –21. doi: 10.1353/cli.2004.0010. ISSN 1548-9949. The Regeneration Trilogy is a series of three novels by Pat Barker on the subject of the First World War. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "The 10 best historical novels". [1]

After a very busy day, Rivers wakes up in the middle of the night with chest pain; his doctor insists that he take three weeks vacation. During these three weeks, he visits his brother's house and reflects on his relationship with his deceased father. Rivers then visits his old friend Henry Head, who offers him a terrific job at a war hospital in London. Finally Rivers visits Burns's house in Suffolk for a few days. The Review Board has given Burns an unconditional discharge from the army. While at Suffolk, Burns has an episode and tries to commit suicide by hiding in a hole that floods at high tide. Rivers finds Burns, however, and saves him.

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Barker, Pat (2008). Regeneration. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-190643-0. 'Brilliant, intense and subtle' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times Waterman, David (2009). Pat Barker and the mediation of social reality. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-649-6. Skidelsky, William (13 May 2012). "The 10 best historical novels". The Observer. Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 13 May 2012.

Through the experiences of the characters, Barker portrays the horrors of war and the toll it takes on those who fight in it. The novel also touches on issues of class and power, with the upper-class officers often receiving preferential treatment over the working-class soldiers. Barker’s presentation of Rivers throughout the trilogy tends towards the hagiographical, but through Prior, she also challenges his assumptions in a way which few historians have either dared or considered. I still silently cheer whenever I read this passage. This article about a World War I novel first published in the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.