In Flanders Fields
Scottish Poetry and Prose of the First World War
Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I, World History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Trevor Royle | ISBN: | 9781780574325 |
| Publisher: | Mainstream Publishing | Publication: | January 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Trevor Royle |
| ISBN: | 9781780574325 |
| Publisher: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Publication: | January 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Digital |
| Language: | English |
This anthology is the first ever acknowledgement of Scotland's unique contribution to the literature of the First World War. Here are gathered together well-known writers like John Buchan, Eric Linklater, Hugh MacDiarmid and Compton Mackenzie, as well as poets like Joseph Lee and Roderick Watson Kerr, who found their true voices fighting in a war to end wars. There is also a substantial contribution from women writers in the work of Violet Jacob, Naomi Mitchison and Mary Symon.
This anthology is the first ever acknowledgement of Scotland's unique contribution to the literature of the First World War. Here are gathered together well-known writers like John Buchan, Eric Linklater, Hugh MacDiarmid and Compton Mackenzie, as well as poets like Joseph Lee and Roderick Watson Kerr, who found their true voices fighting in a war to end wars. There is also a substantial contribution from women writers in the work of Violet Jacob, Naomi Mitchison and Mary Symon.
