Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626720657 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Edited by Chris Duffy.. Bissette, Eddie Campbell, Lilli Carré, Liesbeth De Stercke, Hunt Emerson, Garth Ennis, Simon Gane, Sarah Glidden, Isabel Greenberg, Sammy Harkham, David Hitchcock, Kevin Huizenga, Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen, Peter Kuper, James Lloyd, Pat Mills, Anders Nilsen, Danica Novgorodoff, Luke Pearson, George Pratt, Carol Tyler, and Phil Winslade. Contributors to A
"Four Stars" according to galen. received as described and on time. Cecelia Larsen said Haunting, beautiful meld of WWI trench poetry and comics. I’ve had an interest in fictional accounts of the Great War (or Word War I, as we call it now) for many years. I don’t remember where it started, but books like Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan series and Suzanne Weyn’s Water Song only stoked the fire. Shana Abé’s The Sweetest Dark would have been another favorite, if only it hadn’t had a love triangle. All that to say, when I heard that First Second was publishing a graphic novel anthology of WWI trench poetry to mark the centennial of the beginning of the conflict, I perked up. I hadn’t read poe. "An affecting book" according to cato. This book is very well done. I've read a bit of war poetry, it's powerful sad stuff. This book has a bunch of great poems each interpreted by a different cartoon artist. Each one brings out a side to the poem that may not be the vision you had in your head, but that's the way poetry works, you can interpret it yourself. I loved the book. Each artist put their soul into their interpretation. Many beautifully made drawings.
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. 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. The marriage of poetry and comics is a deeply fruitful combination, as evidenced by this collection. 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. Twenty poems are interpreted in comics form by twenty of today's leading cartoonists, including Eddie Campbell, Kevin Huizenga, George Pratt, and many others.. With New York Times bestselling editor Chri
"The real strength of the anthology comes both from the poems selected for it and the variety of visual approaches--ranging from the cartoonish to the phantasmagoric-- that prevents it from relying simply on the visual carnage of the "war to end all wars." - "Publisher's Weekly"STARRED REVIEW*"Original and evocative This isn't the first and won't be the last WWI poetry anthology issued during the war's centennial, but it may prove to be the most accessible and striking." - "Booklist," STARRED REVIEW*"The real strength of the anthology comes both from the poems selected for it and the variety of visual approaches--ranging from the cartoonish to the phantasmagoric-- that prevents it from relying simply on the visual carnage of the "war to end all wars." - "Publisher's Weekly"STARRED REVIEW"This wonderful book - beautiful, tragic, funny, and heartbreaking - is perfect to introduce the Trench Poets to high school students." - "VOYA"*"Original and evocative This isn't the first and won't be the last WWI poetry anthology issued during the war's centennial, but it may prove to be the most accessible and striking." - "Booklist," STARRED REVIEW*"The real strength of the anthology comes both from the poems selected for it and the variety of visual approaches--ranging from the cartoonish to the phantasmagoric-- that prevents it from relying simply on the visual carnage of the "war to end all wars." - "Publisher's Weekly"STARRED REVIEW*"This should encourage high school English and history teachers to supplement or even toss the textbook guide and, more importantly, impel young adults to reflect on war with poetry in one hand and a newspaper in the other." - "BCCB," STARRED REVIEW"This wonderful book - beautiful, tragic, funny, and heartbreaking - is perfect to introduce the Trench Poets to high school students." - "VOYA"*"Original and evocative This isn't the first and won't be the last WWI poetry anthology issued during the war's centennial, but it may prove to be the most accessible and striking." - "Booklist," STARRED REVIEW*"The real strength of the anthology comes both from the poems selected for it and the variety of visual approaches--ranging from the cartoonish to the phantasmagoric-- that prevents it from relying simply on the visual carnage of the "war to end all wars." - "Publisher's Weekly"STARRED REVIEW*"This should encourage high school English and history teachers to supplement or even toss the textbook guide and, more importantly, impel young adults to reflect on war with poetry in one hand and a newspaper in the other." - "BCCB," STARRED REVIEW"This wonderful book - beautiful, tragic, funny, and heartbreaking - is perfect to introduce the Trench Poets to high school students." - "VOYA"*"Original and evocative This isn't the first and won't be the last WWI poetry anthology issued during the war's centennial, but it may prove to be the most accessible and striking." - "Booklist," STARRED REVIEW