Women’s Writing of the First World War: An Anthology

There was all of that, but so much more besides: just how much is suggested by our having reviewed previously a very similar title (Cardinal et al., 1999) and now not finding too much overlap with this volume. And to counter Binyon’s words, both volumes offer plenty of evidence of women’s very direct engagement with the War. Indeed, one of the four thematic sections of this anthology is “The experience of the War”, including sub‐sections on “The battle front” and “Under fire” (with, among others, eyewitness accounts of the first air raids on the UK by both Zeppelins and...