War, women, and poetry, 1914-1945
Subtitle: British and German writers and activists
By: Joan Montgomery Byles.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: War poetry, English -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war; World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Literature and the war; World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Literature and the war; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Authorship -- Sex differences -- History -- 20th century; Literature, Comparative -- English and German; Literature, Comparative -- German and English; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Germany
Description: War, Women, and Poetry examines the experience of European women, especially British and German women, in World Wars I and II and the literature they wrote in reaction to those wars. Author Joan Montgomery Byles asks what the impact of war was upon women's lives, and she focuses on how women writers of both poetry and prose represented these wars in their writing.

The study is both literary and historical and seeks to interweave the historical circumstances of these wars with women's and men's literary response, particularly the poetic response. In comparing the war poetry of men and women, the reader can see important differences and important similarities. The book then examines how the social-historical situation of war manifests itself in artistic expression: but of necessity, it also looks at the actual historical events themselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.