While John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" stands as the signature poem of World War 1, the Canadian contribution to the poetry of this period is far wider and deeper. This collection of verse from the men and women who experienced the first great war of the twentieth century includes Charles G.D. Roberts, Marjorie Pickthall, Helena Coleman, and Robert Service, among many others. Their poetry captures both the unfathomable loss and unequaled courage of the time. This contemporary edition includes biographical notes and historical references. Illustrating how amidst the man-made hell of the...
While John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" stands as the signature poem of World War 1, the Canadian contribution to the poetry of this period is far wi...
Reorients conventional understandings of Canadian First World War poetry. By focusing on poems about the Canadian soldier, Battle Lines reveals the period's robust literary activity and its conflicting poetic renditions of battle romance and modernist fractiousness.
Reorients conventional understandings of Canadian First World War poetry. By focusing on poems about the Canadian soldier, Battle Lines reveals the pe...