Chaos Of The Night
Women's Poetry and Verse from the Second World War
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2000
Summary
‘Unshaken world!/Another day of light/After the human/Chaos of the night’. With these words - a vivid mingling of hope and despair - Frances Cornford protested against the terrible brutality of war. Here, in a collection of women’s poetry from the Second World War, eighty-seven poets record the devastating upheavals it caused with its attendant partings, separations, bereavements. Whether as civilians or as auxiliary servicewomen, these women write of the fear of air attacks, of children’s re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844082247 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844082245 |
| Author: | Catherine Reilly |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 124mm x 196mm |
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Catherine Reilly
Catherine Reilly was born in Stretford and educated in Manchester, held an M.Litt. from Oxford University and was a specialist on the poetry of the two world wars. She died, aged 80, in September 2005.
Author Location: Deceased
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