Shell shock, newspapers, poetry

The other day I blogged my disagreement with Roy Greenslade's  sweeping claim in the Guardian : Only later did the public learn of the high casualty toll and the horrific nature of trench warfare, such as the use of poison gas and the effects of shell shock. About shell shock I cited an article from…

How the horror and trauma of the trenches gave the world its two greatest war poets

Newspaper columnist writes about what she sees as the psychology of flappers - ™

Never Again An anthology of poems and reflections on the Great War - Gresham Books

Satirical poem hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

The Great Gatsby: Establishing the Historical Context with Primary Sources

Mental Cases' by Wilfred Owen: Writing the horror of shell shock in poetry – No more wriggling out of writing ……

Shell Shock – Epsom & Ewell History Explorer

The Waste Land And Other Poems - Kindle edition by Eliot, T. S.. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ .

Paul Valery: The Later Poems and Prose - The New York Times