A Deep Cry: Soldier-poets Killed on the Western Front - Softcover

Powell, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750956682 ISBN 13: 9780750956680

Verlag: The History Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

As a contribution to the commemorations for the centenary of World War I, this is a limited of edition of just 500 copies of Anne Powell’s unique anthology. Why unique? Firstly, these are not simply the works of well-known names such as Wilfred Owen (though they are represented); these are poems painstakingly collected from a multitude of sources, and the relative obscurity of the some of the voices make the message all the more moving. Secondly, all these soldiers died, and their deaths are described in chronological order, which in itself provides a revealing gradual change in the poetry from early naïve patriotism to despair about the human race and the bitterness of "Dulce et Decorum Est." Anne Powell also provides extracts from these men’s diaries, enough, again, to inform the WWI historian.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anne Powell is the author of The Fierce Light, Shadows of War, andWomen in the War Zone.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The History Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0750956682
• ISBN 13: 9780750956680
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 492
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar