In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae - Couverture rigide

Granfield, Linda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385322283 ISBN 13 : 9780385322287

Editeur : Doubleday, 1996

Synopsis

Book by McCrae John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch. It is one of the most popular and most quoted poems from the war. As a result of its immediate popularity, parts of the poem were used in propaganda efforts and appeals to recruit soldiers and raise money selling war bonds. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem also has wide exposure in the United States, where it is associated with Memorial Day.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385322283
• ISBN 13: 9780385322287
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Wilson Janet
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