Shadows of War: British Women's Poetry of the Second World War

by Anne Powell

Anne Powell (Editor)

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This is a collection of women's poetry from the phoney war of 1939 to the postwar Christmas of 1945. It looks at the impact of the conflict and its consequences. The poems are arranged chronologically in order of the war years. Poems to loved ones killed, missing or abroad are gathere together with the thoughts of service women and nurses, and matter-of-fact comments about life on the home front - air raids, the blackout, rationing, the Dig for Victory campaign, the Women's Land Army and National Gallery concerts. In contrast, poems also record major events of World War II - Dunkirk, the fall of France, the Final Solution, and campaigns on many of the war zones.
  • ISBN10 0750922575
  • ISBN13 9780750922579
  • Publish Date 19 August 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 May 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher The History Press Ltd
  • Imprint Sutton Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 368
  • Language English