A Second Book of Broadsheets (Routledge Revivals)

With an Introduction by Geoffrey Dawson

Various (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

322 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-90139-1 (ISBN)

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This book, together with A Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.M. Forces serving in the trenches of World War I. The volume contains a wide variety of rich literature from before the war and was designed to give soldiers entertainment. It includes extracts from the works of Francis Bacon, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Wordsworth and Charles Dickens.

Various Authors who are experts in their fields. Various (Professor of Indian Ocean Studies, Curtin University, Australia)

I. FOUR POEMS ON THE WAR 1. ‘For All We have and 4* e ': Rudyard Kipling (From Twenty Poems, Methuen & Co. Ltd., by courtesy of the author) 2. In to Battle : Julian Grenfell (By courtesy of Lady Desborough) 3. To Women : Laurence Binyon (By courtesy of the author and Messrs. Elkin Mathews ScMarrot) 4. The Wife of Flanders: G. K. Chesterton II. THREE ESSAYS BY FRANCIS BACON . 1. Of Death 2. Of Revenge 3. Of Adversity III. THE SONG OF DEBORAH ….To… HOW TO MANAGE A SEA-FIGHT: Captain John Smith ....... (From Sea Grammar, 1627) SOME IRISH POEMS .1. Dark Rosaleen : James Clarence Mangan 2. A Retort : Emily Lawless 3. Corrymeela: Moira O’Neill, A RIDE ON A BUFFALO: Captain Mayne Reid (From The Scalp-Hunters), SCROOGE’S VISITORS: Charles Dickens (From A Christmas Carol

Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals: A Book of Broadsheets
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-90139-3 / 1138901393
ISBN-13	978-1-138-90139-1 / 9781138901391
Zustand	Neuware