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| | An Introduction to Manuscript Study: Background to 'Dulce et Decorum Est' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is perhaps one of Wilfred Owen's most famous poems, ranking alongside his often anthologised 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'. |
 | | The title of the poem comes from the latin poet Horace's statement 'Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori' (Horace, Odes, iii ii 13) meaning 'It is sweet and proper to die for one's country'. |
 | | The poem survives in four original manuscripts (noted in this tutorial as A, B, C, and D) two of which rest in the British Library, and two in the English Faculty Library at the University of Oxford. |
| www.oucs.ox.ac.uk /ltg/projects/jtap/tutorials/manuscript/backgrnd.html (370 words) |
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