Reading behind the lines: war artists, war poets, reading and letter writing, 1917-1919

  • Jonathan Black

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

    Abstract

    My chapter, comprising some 7,000 words with 4 plates, focussed on letters written by certain British war artists while at the Front as serving soldiers to wives and family. I concentrated on: Eric Kennington, Charles Sargeant Jagger and CRW Nevinson. I also touched upon letters written by Kennington and Nevinson while working in France as official war artists in 1917-18 to fellow artists still in London such as William Rothenstein, who were waiting for an opportunity to become an official British war artist in France.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationReading and the First World War
    Subtitle of host publicationreaders, texts, archives
    EditorsShafquat Towheed, Edmund G. C. King
    Place of PublicationBasingstoke, U.K.
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Pages171-189
    ISBN (Print)9781137302700
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Oct 2015

    Publication series

    NameNew Directions in Book History
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

    Bibliographical note

    Impact: Volume is first within new series, exploring the history of the book and of the history of reading, which explores these themes in relation to British writers, artists, academics and intellectuals during the First World War.

    Keywords

    • Art and design

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