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Testament of Youth

An unforgettable true story of love and loss in World War I

de Vera Brittain ...

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love, war and how to make sense of the darkest times'One of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' Guardian'A haunting elegy for a lost generation' The Times'Should be compulsory reading' Daily MailIn 1914 when war was declared, Vera Brittain was t... ... Leer más

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A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love, war and how to make sense of the darkest times'One of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' Guardian'A haunting elegy for a lost generation' The Times'Should be compulsory reading' Daily MailIn 1914 when war was declared, Vera Brittain was t...
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Testament of Youth

de Vera Brittain; Mark Bostridge ...

For nearly a decade I have wanted; with a growing sense of urgency; to write something which would show what the whole War and post-war period — roughly; from the years leading up to 1914 until about 1935 — has meant to the men and women of my generation; the generation of those boys and girls who grew up just before the war broke out. I wanted to give too; if I could; an impression of the changes ... Leer más

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For nearly a decade I have wanted; with a growing sense of urgency; to write something which would show what the whole War and post-war period — roughly; from the years leading up to 1914 until about 1935 — has meant to the men and women of my generation; the generation of those boys and girls who grew up just before the war broke out. I wanted to give too; if I could; an impression of the changes
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The Oxford Book of Poetry

Latin Verse, English Verse, Book of Ballads & Modern Poetry, With Oxford Lectures on Poetry

de Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, George MacDonald, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Emily Brontë, William Wordsworth, George Meredith, Andrew Lang, Edmund Spenser, Julius Caesar, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christopher Marlowe, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Burns, Thomas Love Peacock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gilbert Parker, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, John Milton, Virgil, William Blake, Ovid, Geoffrey Chaucer, Alexander Pope, John Keats, T. W. Rolleston, William Butler Yeats, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Walter Scott, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Claudius, Porcius Licinius, Gaius Maecenas, Numa Pompilius, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Walter Raleigh ...

The Oxford Book of Poetry masterfully curates a rich tapestry of poetic voices and styles, spanning centuries and cultures, to encapsulate the evolving landscape of verse. This anthology showcases the grandeur of classical epics, the intricacies of Romantic meditations, and the quintessential charm of Victorian sentimentality. Within its pages, readers will uncover stirring sonnets, haunting ... Leer más

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The Oxford Book of Poetry masterfully curates a rich tapestry of poetic voices and styles, spanning centuries and cultures, to encapsulate the evolving landscape of verse. This anthology showcases the grandeur of classical epics, the intricacies of Romantic meditations, and the quintessential charm of Victorian sentimentality. Within its pages, readers will uncover stirring sonnets, haunting
... Leer más
The Oxford Book of Poetry

Latin Verse, English Verse, Book of Ballads & Modern Poetry, With Oxford Lectures on Poetry

de Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, George MacDonald, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Emily Brontë, William Wordsworth, George Meredith, Andrew Lang, Edmund Spenser, Julius Caesar, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christopher Marlowe, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Burns, Thomas Love Peacock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gilbert Parker, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, John Milton, Virgil, William Blake, Ovid, Geoffrey Chaucer, Alexander Pope, John Keats, T. W. Rolleston, William Butler Yeats, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Walter Scott, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Claudius, Porcius Licinius, Gaius Maecenas, Numa Pompilius, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Walter Raleigh ...

In 'The Oxford Book of Poetry,' readers are invited to explore an expansive compendium that captures the essence of poetic expression through the ages. This anthology brings together an illustrious array of voices 'Äî from the evocative sonnets of Shakespeare to the Romantic musings of Wordsworth, the visionary verses of Blake, and the haunting cadences of Poe. The collection traverses numerous ... Leer más

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In 'The Oxford Book of Poetry,' readers are invited to explore an expansive compendium that captures the essence of poetic expression through the ages. This anthology brings together an illustrious array of voices 'Äî from the evocative sonnets of Shakespeare to the Romantic musings of Wordsworth, the visionary verses of Blake, and the haunting cadences of Poe. The collection traverses numerous
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The Oxford Book of Poetry

A Cross-Century Anthology of Classical, Medieval, Romantic, and Victorian Verse

de Ovid, Virgil, Claudius, Julius Caesar, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Porcius Licinius, Gaius Maecenas, Numa Pompilius, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Emily Brontë, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson, T. W. Rolleston, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, George MacDonald, George Meredith, Robert Browning, Thomas Love Peacock, Robert Burns, Oliver Goldsmith, Alexander Pope, John Milton, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gilbert Parker ...

The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic ... Leer más

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The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic
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Mémoires de jeunesse

de Vera Brittain ...

Traducido por Josée Kamoun, Guy Jamin ...

Voici un récit sans concession sur ce que fut le choc de la Première Guerre mondiale, un roman d’apprentissage où les sentiments amoureux sont magnifiés par l’urgence de vivre, ainsi qu’un manifeste féministe et pacifiste poignant. En nous décrivant l’enthousiasme et les idéaux romantiques de sa jeunesse, Vera Brittain revient sur son combat de femme pour entrer à l’université d’Oxford, sur son ... Leer más

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Voici un récit sans concession sur ce que fut le choc de la Première Guerre mondiale, un roman d’apprentissage où les sentiments amoureux sont magnifiés par l’urgence de vivre, ainsi qu’un manifeste féministe et pacifiste poignant. En nous décrivant l’enthousiasme et les idéaux romantiques de sa jeunesse, Vera Brittain revient sur son combat de femme pour entrer à l’université d’Oxford, sur son
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Verses of a V.A.D (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. World War I Nursing Poems of Grief, Duty, and Women's Wartime Witness

de Vera Brittain, Tessa Dunleigh ...

Verses of a V.A.D. gathers Vera Brittain's wartime poems from the vantage point of a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, transforming hospital wards, bereavement, patriotic duty, and spiritual crisis into disciplined lyric forms. Written within the literary context of First World War testimony, the collection stands beside trench poetry while offering a distinctively female, caregiving perspective. ... Leer más

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Verses of a V.A.D. gathers Vera Brittain's wartime poems from the vantage point of a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, transforming hospital wards, bereavement, patriotic duty, and spiritual crisis into disciplined lyric forms. Written within the literary context of First World War testimony, the collection stands beside trench poetry while offering a distinctively female, caregiving perspective.
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Oxford Poetry 1917-1921 (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Wartime and Postwar English Verse from Oxford's Student Poets, Georgian Lyric to Early Modernism

de Various Authors, Everett Ormeray2 ...

Oxford Poetry 1917-1921 gathers five wartime and immediate postwar annuals into a revealing record of English verse at a moment of cultural fracture. Its poems move between pastoral lyric, elegy, devotional meditation, satire, and early modernist compression, often retaining Georgian music while registering the harsher tonalities produced by mechanized war and social disillusion. As a literary ... Leer más

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Oxford Poetry 1917-1921 gathers five wartime and immediate postwar annuals into a revealing record of English verse at a moment of cultural fracture. Its poems move between pastoral lyric, elegy, devotional meditation, satire, and early modernist compression, often retaining Georgian music while registering the harsher tonalities produced by mechanized war and social disillusion. As a literary
... Leer más
Verses of a V.A.D

Enriched edition. Poignant Reflections of Resilience and Loss in Wartime Poetry

de Vera Brittain, Dean Dawson ...

In "Verses of a V.A.D," Vera Brittain presents a poignant collection of poetry that captures the intricate emotions of war, love, and loss through the lens of a Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D) nurse during World War I. The literary style is marked by a lyrical yet stark realism, blending personal reflection with broader societal commentary, a hallmark of the modernist movement. Brittain's verses ... Leer más

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In "Verses of a V.A.D," Vera Brittain presents a poignant collection of poetry that captures the intricate emotions of war, love, and loss through the lens of a Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D) nurse during World War I. The literary style is marked by a lyrical yet stark realism, blending personal reflection with broader societal commentary, a hallmark of the modernist movement. Brittain's verses
... Leer más
Oxford Poetry, 1920

An Anthology of Diverse Poetic Voices from the Oxford Poetry Scene in 1920

de Various ...

Oxford Poetry, 1920 is a compelling anthology that captures the essence of a moment in literary history, reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of voices emerging from the post-World War I milieu. Featuring a wide array of poems, this collection dives into themes of disillusionment, renewal, and the exploration of both personal and collective identity. The literary style varies from traditional ... Leer más

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Oxford Poetry, 1920 is a compelling anthology that captures the essence of a moment in literary history, reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of voices emerging from the post-World War I milieu. Featuring a wide array of poems, this collection dives into themes of disillusionment, renewal, and the exploration of both personal and collective identity. The literary style varies from traditional
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The Rebel Passion

A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers

de Vera Brittain ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Peace Studies
Originally published in 1964, The Rebel Passion endeavours to tell the continuous story, in terms of their ideas and personalities and the vital flame that inspired them, of a group of very different yet spiritually related Christians who sought to confront a world involved in deeper conflict than any could fully realize, with the basic essentials of peace. Individual and corporate witness, ... Leer más

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Originally published in 1964, The Rebel Passion endeavours to tell the continuous story, in terms of their ideas and personalities and the vital flame that inspired them, of a group of very different yet spiritually related Christians who sought to confront a world involved in deeper conflict than any could fully realize, with the basic essentials of peace. Individual and corporate witness,
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Because You Died

Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After

de Vera Brittain ...

This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war.Illustrated with many extraordinary photographs from ... Leer más

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This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancé, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war.Illustrated with many extraordinary photographs from
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