The Great War in Verse and Prose

The Great War in Verse and Prose
Author: Various
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2024-04-06
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

"The Great War in Verse and Prose" is a comprehensive anthology compiled by various authors, offering a diverse collection of literary works that reflect the experiences, emotions, and perspectives of individuals affected by World War I. This anthology captures the multifaceted nature of the conflict through a combination of poetry, prose, letters, and other written forms. Spanning different genres and styles, the selections in "The Great War in Verse and Prose" provide readers with a panoramic view of the war's impact on soldiers, civilians, and societies across the globe. From patriotic fervor to disillusionment, from the horror of the trenches to the resilience of the human spirit, the anthology encompasses a wide range of themes and emotions associated with the war. Through the voices of poets, novelists, journalists, and ordinary individuals, "The Great War in Verse and Prose" offers poignant insights into the social, cultural, and psychological dimensions of World War I. By juxtaposing different literary forms and perspectives, the anthology invites readers to engage with the complexities of war and its enduring legacy on humanity.

First World War Poetry

First World War Poetry
Author: Jon Silkin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1997-02-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780141180090

A selection of poetry written during World War I. In the introduction Jon Silkin traces the changing mood of the poets - from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social change. The book includes work by Sassoon, Owen, Blunden, Rosenberg, Hardy and Lawrence.

World War I Poetry

World War I Poetry
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1788880196

The horrors of the First World War released a great outburst of emotional poetry from the soldiers who fought in it as well as many other giants of world literature. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and W B Yeats are just some of the poets whose work is featured in this anthology. The raw emotion unleashed in these poems still has the power to move readers today. As well as poems detailing the miseries of war there are poems on themes of bravery, friendship and loyalty, and this collection shows how even in the depths of despair the human spirit can still triumph.

C.S. Lewis, Poetry, and the Great War 1914-1918

C.S. Lewis, Poetry, and the Great War 1914-1918
Author: John Bremer
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0739171526

This book presents a realistic account of the early years of C.S. Lewis as revealed in "Spirits in Bondage" and its surrounding events. It calls for a reappraisal of Lewis himself, not as a "soldier-poet" but as a young, ruthless and ambitious would-be academic, using others--his father, his university, his mistress--to further his own ends.

Stand in the Trench, Achilles

Stand in the Trench, Achilles
Author: Elizabeth Vandiver
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2010-02-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199542740

A study of the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Elizabeth Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

Minds at War

Minds at War
Author: David Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

The First World War cast its shadow over the 20th century. The poets were those most gifted to record the personal, moral and spiritual impact of those traumatic years. This anthology contains 250 poems by 80 poets, including photographs & maps.

Civil War Poetry and Prose

Civil War Poetry and Prose
Author: Walt Whitman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0486112128

Poems, letters, and prose from the war years include "O Captain! My Captain!" "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "Adieu to a Soldier," and many other moving works.

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina
Author: Elizabeth A. Sudduth
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781570035906

Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalogue provides a reference tool for the study of one of the great watershed moments in history on both sides of the Atlantic serving historians, researchers, and collectors.

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Author: Matthew George Walter
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2006-10-26
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141922885

This anthology reflects the diversity of voices it contains: the poems are arranged thematically and the themes reflect the different experiences of war not just for the soldiers but for those left behind. This is what makes this volume more accessible and satisfying than others. In addition to the established canon there are poems rarely anthologised and a selection of soldiers' songs to reflect the voices of the soldiers themselves.