Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics
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 Dead is 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.Product Details
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About the Author
Contributors to Above the Dreamless Dead include: Hannah Berry, Stephen R. 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. Edited by Chris Duffy.
Reviews
"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
