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During the First World War and its immediate aftermath, hundreds of women wrote thousands of poems on multiple themes and for many different purposes. Women s poetry was published, sold (sometimes to raise funds for charities as diverse as Beef Tea for Troops or The Blue Cross Fund for Warhorses ), read, preserved, awarded prizes and often critically acclaimed. Tumult and Tears will demonstrate how women s war poetry, like that of their male counterparts, was largely based upon their day-to-day lives and contemporary beliefs. Poems are placed within their wartime context. From war worker to parent; from serving daughter to grieving mother, sweetheart, wife; from writing whilst within earshot of the guns, whilst making the munitions of war, or whilst sitting in relative safety at home, these predominantly amateur, middle-class poets explore, with a few tantalising gaps, nearly every aspect of women s wartime lives, from their newly public often uniformed roles to their sexuality.
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During the war hundreds of women wrote thousands of poems on a variety of themes. Some of it was sold to raise funds for troops charities; much of it was often critically acclaimed. Most of it is now largely forgotten or very rarely read, so this book, gathering together some of the best, is very welcome during the 100th anniversary period. The author has placed the poems chosen in their wartime context, from war worker to parent, grieving mother, sweetheart and wife. Some of the poems were written within sound of the gunfire at the front, while others were penned safely at home. It makes for a fascinating read and a collection well worth a look, removed as it is from the usual diet of male war poets. Taken in the round it is an excellent and thought provoking collection. Highly recommended 10/10
The Great War Magazine, September 2016

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First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
Pen & Sword History
an imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS

Copyright Vivien Newman 2016

ISBN: 9781783831470
PDF ISBN: 9781473881914
EPUB ISBN: 9781473881907
PRC ISBN: 9781473881891

The right of Vivien Newman to be identified as Author of this Work has been
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Contents

Dedication

This book is for the Chelmsford Adult Community College English Literature A-Level students who, in 1996, humoured their tutor and studied womens war poetry, particularly Keith Dolan who reluctantly decided to give poetry a chance and continues to do so, and Clare Russell who still listens while we walk as she has done for nineteen years.

Thanks are due to:

Jen Newby, formerly of Pen & Sword, who greeted the suggestion of an anthology of womens war poetry with such enthusiasm. Her meticulous editing has eliminated many faults those that remain are my own.

My daughters Rosalind and Elizabeth have continued to indulge their Funny Mummy and have succeeded in never appearing bored by womens war poetry. John Connell-Smith, Debbie Deboltz, Warrant Officer Christopher Earl and Lucinda Semeraro have all achieved a similar feat.

Frances Hall another of those first students frequently ferrets out World War One newspaper snippets which are always fascinating.

Dr Vicky Holmes for taking on the task of compiling the index at the eleventh hour such help at sort notice was invaluable. That this book has seen the light of day owes much to her.

Maria Weiss rose to the challenge of following a contemporary pattern and knitting twin socks the Anzac way. The end result would have been as warmly welcomed by its lucky Great War recipient as by the current one.

Professor Pam Cox of the University of Essex who so many years ago believed that there was a story behind womens war poetry and guided my telling it.

Finally, as always, my thanks and love to Ivan Newman. Despite living with 500 women poets for more than two decades, he is still able to ask probing questions about them and their work and point out the flaws in my arguments.

Abbreviations

AFFW

American Fund for French Wounded

AMS

Army Medical Service

APO

Army Post Office

ASC

Army Service Corps

BEF

British Expeditionary Force

CCS

Casualty Clearing Station

CWGC

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

DORA

Defence of the Realm Act

FANY

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

KIA

Killed in Action

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