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Above the Dreamless Dead

World War I in Poetry and Comics

by (author) Various authors

edited by Chris Duffy

Publisher
First Second
Initial publish date
Jul 2014
Category
Anthologies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781626720657
    Publish Date
    Jul 2014
    List Price
    $28.99

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Description

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 Deadis 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.

About the authors

Art and writings by such notables as Courtney Milne, Margaret Atwood and John Ralston Saul, Sarah Locke et al.

Various authors' profile page

Chris Duffy's profile page

Awards

  • Long-listed, YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens
  • Long-listed, YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

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