Tumult & Tears: An Anthology of Women's First World War Poetry

by Vivien Newman

During the First World War and its immediate aftermath, hundreds of women wrote thousands of poems on multiple themes and for many different purposes. Women's poetry was published, sold (sometimes to raise funds for charities as diverse as 'Beef Tea for Troops' or 'The Blue Cross Fund for Warhorses'), read, preserved, awarded prizes and often critically acclaimed. Tumult and Tears will demonstrate how women's war poetry, like that of their male counterparts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783831472
• ISBN13: 9781783831470
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"