Scars Upon My Heart
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Scars Upon My Heart is a poetry anthology
collected by Catherine Reilly
which focuses upon poetry written by women during the First World War often from the wives and girlfriends who had loved ones serving in Europe as well as the poems from those who had lost loved ones. Many of the poets were little-known before their publication in the anthology. The title of the anthology is taken from a Vera Brittain
poem called To My Brother in which she states: "Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart". This anthology includes poets such as 'Perhaps' by Vera Brittain.
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
collected by Catherine Reilly
Catherine Reilly
Catherine Reilly was a female publisher of women's poetry of the First World War. She collected the poetry of female poets and published them in two anthologies - Scars Upon My Heart, and Chaos of the Night: Women's Poetry and Verse of World War Two ....
which focuses upon poetry written by women during the First World War often from the wives and girlfriends who had loved ones serving in Europe as well as the poems from those who had lost loved ones. Many of the poets were little-known before their publication in the anthology. The title of the anthology is taken from a Vera Brittain
Vera Brittain
Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War I and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.-Life:Born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Brittain was the...
poem called To My Brother in which she states: "Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart". This anthology includes poets such as 'Perhaps' by Vera Brittain.