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Chronicling the struggle to put into words the horrors, insights, and tribulations that ultimately shaped a nation's character, this new/expanded edition (based on the original edition of 2001) presents both the major and "unknown" Canadian voices of World War I. Also contains a Preface, Foreword, Introduction, Afterword, Biographies, "Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches" (A Lexicography), A Glossary, Selected Bibliography, and Questions for Discussion and Essays.
About the author
Barry Callaghan is a Canadian author, poet, and anthologist. He is currently the editor in chief of Exile Editions and
Exile: the Literary Quarterly. He is the author of
As Close as We Came,
Beside Still Waters, and
The Black Queen Stories. He lives in Toronto.
Bruce Meyer is the inaugural poet laureate of the city of Barrie and a professor of English at Georgian College. He is the author of
Alphabet Table,
Dog Days,
The Golden Thread,
Heroes, and
Mesopotamia; the coauthor of
Alphabestiary; and the coeditor of
The White Collar Book. He lives in Barrie, Ontario.
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is the recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, and the Governor General's Award. She lives in Toronto.
Summary
Ignored by critics and readers of the time, these poems were written by Canadians who witnessed the horror of World War I first-hand, forming an anthology in which the forgotten experiences of a decade are finally remembered.
