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Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist [1] and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
Roland's final poem, which was found in his clothes after his death was "Hedauville". Brittain found the poem unsettling and difficult to fully understand. It seemed as if perhaps Roland was predicting his own death in "Hedauville", and foresaw a different life for Vera, with a new love. [citation needed]
Testament of Youth is a memoir of British nurse and activist Vera Brittain (1893–1970), published in 1933. Brittain's memoir covers the years 1900 to 1925, and continues with Testament of Experience, published in 1957, and encompassing the years 1925 to 1950.
Winifred Holtby — South Riding (with Vera Brittain) Robert E. Howard — A Gent from Bear Creek, Almuric; Deborah Howe — Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery; Shirley Jackson — "Paranoia" (short story) Brian Jacques — The Rogue Crew; Tove Jansson — The True Deceiver and Traveling Light, et al.
There are numerous female poets that remain popular today. Dissimilar to the idea that their writings would be overshadowed by war stories told by men, these poets have many publications. Vera Brittain has written poems and stories about the Great War. [14] Not only was Brittain a writer, she was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment. [14]
The poems range from elegy and sonnet forms through jingoistic propaganda. [12] The title of the anthology is taken from the 1918 poem 'To My Brother' by Vera Brittain, one of three poems by Brittain reproduced in the anthology. The first line of the poem reads, 'Your battle-wounds are scars upon my heart'. [13]
The famous singer, who died in 2020, had known the monarch since the her 16th birthday.
Laurence Binyon, The New World: Poems [6] Vera Brittain, Verses of a VAD; Rupert Brooke (died on active service 1915), The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke [6] Émile Cammaerts, Messines and other Poems, Belgian-born poet writing in English; Walter de la Mare, Motley, and Other Poems [6]