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Zusatztext a very fine anthology Informationen zum Autor Agnès Cardinal is Lecturer in Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury; Dorothy Goldman is an independent writer and researcher; Judith Hattaway is Lecturer at the University of Kent at Canterbury Klappentext Until now the impact of The First World War upon women writers has been less visible than that of their male counterparts. This anthology brings together women's writing about the War from the period 1914 to 1930. Letters, diary entries, and essays offer an interesting counterpoint to the novels and short stories through which women sought to encompass the extremes of wartime life. Zusammenfassung The First World War inspired a huge outpouring of writing that, until recently, was thought to be almost the exclusive preserve of men. Yet the war also acted as a catalyst which enabled women writers to find a literary and political voice. This anthology bears witness to the great variety and scope of women's writing about the war. Introduction; PART I: THE WAR BEGINS; 1. Three Ways Home; 2. Fraulein Schwartz; 3. War; 4. Spies!; 5. Katrin Becomes a Soldier; 6. In Germany; 7. Christmas 1914; 8. Letter to William Butler Yeats; PART II: THE WAR OBSERVED; 9. La Pharmacienne; 10. The Cordite Makers; 11. A Woman in the Midst of War; 12. May Sinclair (1863-1946); 13. A Frenchwomans Notes on the War; 14. Senlis; 15. Travels in Wartime; 16. In Berlin; 17. A Night in a German Munitions Factory; 18. On the Edge of the War Zone; PART III: THE WAR COMES HOME; 19. The Folk-Lore of the War; 20. Letters; 21. War Economy; 22. Simple Health Talks; 23. 6676; 24. Housekeeping in War Time; 25. A Pattern of Propriety; 26. A Little Nest Egg; 27. Women and Wives; 28. The Godmother; 29. It was the Will of God; 30. They are the Same; 31. The War Got Him; 32. A Belgian Civilian; 33. Roland Leighton; PART IV: TOWARDS THE FRONT; 34. An English Camp; 35. The War; 36. Letter VII; 37. The Fannys; 38. Not So Quiet; 39. Morphine; 40. To the Front with Botchkareva; 41. My Home in the Field of Mercy; 42. Memoirs; 43. Count Emil; PART V: WRITING THE WAR; 45. The Strange-Looking Man; 46. The Ballet of the Nations; 47. The Hands of Wax; 48. Speeding up, 1917; 49. The Moving-Picture Show; 50. Back of the Front; 51. An Indiscreet Journey; 52. Asphodel; 53. The Beach; 54. Speed the Plough; 55. Missing; 56. World Without End; 57. Political Porcelain; 58. Writing a War Story; 59. Women in Battle; 60. Diary; PART VI: RETROSPECT; 61. War Diary; 62. Memoirs; 63. Coming Home; 64. The Child of the Enemy; 65. Ivor Gurney; 66. Back to the First World War; 68. Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself; 69. The Shooting Party; 70. My Mother Won the War...
