Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics

Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Francis Ledwidge, Charles Sorley, Patrick MacGill, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Osbert Sitwell, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves

Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00 · 10 ratings · 144 pages · Published: 23 Sep 2014
Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics by Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Francis Ledwidge, Charles Sorley, Patrick MacGill, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Osbert Sitwell, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves
As the Great War dragged on and its catastrophic death toll mounted, a new artistic movement found its feet in the United Kingdom. The Trench Poets, as they came to be called, were soldier-poets dispatching their verse from the front lines. Known for its rejection of war as a romantic or noble enterprise, and its plainspoken condemnation of the senseless bloodshed of war, Trench Poetry soon became one of the most significant literary moments of its decade. 

The marriage of poetry and comics is a deeply fruitful combination, as evidenced by this collection. In stark black and white, the words of the Trench Poets find dramatic expression and reinterpretation through the minds and pens of some of the greatest cartoonists working today.

With New York Times bestselling editor Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics, Fairy Tale Comics) at the helm, Above the Dreamless Dead is a moving and illuminating tribute to those who fought and died in World War I. Twenty poems are interpreted in comics form by twenty of today's leading cartoonists, including Eddie Campbell, Kevin Huizenga, George Pratt, and many others. 
Amazon Other stores
As an Amazon Associate thebooknaut.com earns from qualifying purchases

Tagged as:

    romance tags

    crime tags

    literary-fiction tags

    historical-fiction tags

    fantasy tags

    sci-fi tags

    action-adventure tags

    thriller tags

    horror tags

    Collections/Custom tags

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information

    Reviews

    Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics by Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Francis Ledwidge, Charles Sorley, Patrick MacGill, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Osbert Sitwell, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information