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Above the dreamless dead : World War I in poetry and comics / edited by Chris Duffy.

Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : First Second, 2014.
Copyright Notice ©2014
Description144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
World War, 1914-1918--Poetry.
World War, 1914-1918--Comic books, strips, etc.
War poetry--Pictorial works.
Other author/creatorDuffy, Chris (Comic book writer) editor.
Other author/creatorPearson, Luke, artist.
Other author/creatorEmerson, Hunt, artist.
Other author/creatorGane, Simon artist.
Other author/creatorHarkham, Sammy artist.
Other author/creatorHuizenga, Kevin, 1977- artist.
Other author/creatorCampbell, Eddie, 1955- artist.
Other author/creatorKuper, Peter, 1958- artist.
Other author/creatorPratt, George, 1960- artist.
Other author/creatorBerry, Hannah, 1982- artist.
Other author/creatorGreenberg, Isabel artist.
Other author/creatorWinslade, Phil, artist.
Other author/creatorBissette, Stephen artist.
Other author/creatorGlidden, Sarah artist.
Other author/creatorImmonen, Kathryn artist.
Other author/creatorImmonen, Stuart artist.
Other author/creatorCarré, Lilli, 1983- artist.
Other author/creatorHitchcock, David, 1963- artist.
Other author/creatorStercke, Liesbeth de, artist.
Other author/creatorNovgorodoff, Danica artist.
Other author/creatorLloyd, James, artist.
Other author/creatorTyler, Carol, artist.
Other author/creatorNilsen, Anders, 1973- artist.
Other author/creatorMills, Pat author.
Other author/creatorEnnis, Garth, author.
Other author/creatorHardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 author.
Other author/creatorSorley, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1915 author.
Other author/creatorRosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918 author.
Other author/creatorGibson, Wilfrid Wilson, 1878-1962 author.
Other author/creatorKipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 author.
Other author/creatorSassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 author.
Other author/creatorMacGill, Patrick, 1890-1963 author.
Other author/creatorOwen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 author.
Other author/creatorSitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969 author.
Other author/creatorBrooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 author.
Other author/creatorThomas, Edward, 1878-1917 author.
Other author/creatorGraves, Robert, 1895-1985 author.
Other author/creatorLedwidge, Francis, 1887-1917 author.
Contents Introduction -- The call to war: "Channel firing" / by Thomas Hardy ; adapted by Luke Pearson -- "I don't want to be a soldier" (soldiers' song) / adapted by Hunt Emerson -- "Peace" / by Rupert Brooke ; adapted by Simon Gane -- "War" / by Francis Edward Ledwidge ; adapted by Sammy Harkham -- "All the hills and vales along" / by Charles Sorley ; adapted by Kevin Huizenga -- In the trenches: From The great push / by Patrick MacGill ; adapted by Eddie Campbell -- "The immortals" / by Isaac Rosenberg ; adapted by Peter Kuper -- "Greater love" / by Wilfred Owen ; adated by George Pratt -- "The question" / by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson ; adapted by Hannah Berry -- "Sing me to sleep" (soldiers' song) / adapted by Hunt Emerson -- "Therefore is the name of it called Babel" / by Osbert Sitwell ; adapted by Isabel Greenberg -- "The general" / by Siegfried Sassoon ; adapted by Garth Ennis and Phil Winslade -- "Dulce et decorum est" / by Wilfred Owen ; adapted by George Pratt -- "A private" / by Edward Thomas ; adapted by Hannah Berry -- "When this bloody war is over" (soldiers' song) / adapted by Hunt Emerson -- "The coward" / by Rudyard Kipling ; adapted by Stephen R. Bissette -- "Soldier's dream" / by Wilfred Owen ; adapted by George Pratt -- "Break of day in the trenches" / by Isaac Rosenberg ; adapted by Sarah Glidden -- "I looked up from my writing" / by Thomas Hardy ; adapted by Kathryn Immonen and Stuart Immonen -- "The dancers" / by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson ; adapted by Lilli Carré -- "Dead man's dump" / by Isaac Rosenberg ; adapted by Pat Mills and David Hitchcock -- "Everyone sang" / by Siegfried Sassoon ; adapted by Isabel Greenberg -- Aftermath: "Ancient history" / by Siegfried Sassoon ; adapted by Liesbeth De Stercke -- "The next war" / by Osbert Sitwell ; adapted by Simon Gane -- "The end" / by Wilfred Owen ; adapted by Danica Novgorodoff -- "Repression of war experience" / by Siegfried Sassoon ; adapted by James Lloyd -- "Two fusiliers" / by Robert Graves ; adapted by Carol Tyler -- "In time of 'the Breaking of Nations'" / by Thomas Hardy ; adapted by Anders Nilsen -- Notes -- The poets -- Comics contributors -- Further reading.
Abstract A collection of World War I poetry interpreted by cartoonists.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-144).
Genre/formGraphic novels.
ISBN9781626720657 (hbk.)
ISBN1626720657 (hbk.)

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