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I got the Delphi Complete works of Wilfred Owen for Kindle--a wonderful buy. While reading the introduction, I came across more material about the friendship of Sassoon and Owen. Owen regarded the older poet as his mentor and the person who caused the dramatic shift in his portrayal of war. Many of the manuscripts of Owen have comments and suggestions by Sassoon. Further it was Sassoon who first brought out an edition of his friend's poetry--available in Project Gutenberg.
When Sassoon learned that Owen felt it his duty to return to the Front, he became furious and even threatened to stab Owen in the leg to prevent this happening. The result was that Owen left for the Front secretly--and died only a week before the Armistice.
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