| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : embodiments of war memories -- Editorial principles -- Introduction to the P.B.I. -- The P.B.I. or Mademoiselle of Bully Grenay / by H. B. Scudamore, H.W. Downie, W.L. McGeary and H.R. Dillon -- Introduction to Glory hole -- Glory hole : a Play of 1914-18 / by William Stabler Atkinson -- Introduction to Dawn in heaven -- Dawn in heaven / by Simon Jauvoish -- Appendix one : The P.B.I. program -- Appendix two : war Service of The P.B.I. authors and cast -- Appendix three : "A Canadian volunteer's last prayer," / a poem by Simon Jauvoish -- Works cited. |
| Summary |
"In Reliving the Trenches, three plays written by returned soldiers who served in the Great War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium appear in print for the first time. With a critical introduction that references the authors' service files to establish the plays as memoirs, these plays are an important addition to Canadian literature of the Great War. Important but overlooked war memoirs that relive trench life and warfare as experienced by combat veterans, the three plays include The P.B.I., written and staged in 1920 by recently returned veterans at the University of Toronto. Parts of this play appeared in print in serial form in 1922. Glory Hole, written in 1929 by William Stabler Atkinson, and Dawn in Heaven, written and staged in Winnipeg in 1934 by Simon Jauvoish, have never been published. These plays impact Canadian literature and theatre history by revealing a body of previously unknown modernist writing, and they impact life writing studies by showing how memoirs can be concealed behind genre conventions. They offer fascinating details of the daily routines of the soldiers in the trenches by bringing them back to life in theatrical re-enactment."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war.
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Soldiers' writings, Canadian (English) |
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Canadian drama (English) -- 20th century. |
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Soldiers' writings, Canadian (English) -- History and criticism. |
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Canadian drama (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism. |
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War and literature |
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World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb |
| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
| Genre/Form |
Drama
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Filewod, Alan, 1952- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDHpXPKhCMTBMWgCJ9PXq
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Container of (work): Scudamore, H. B.
P.B.I.
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Container of (work): Atkinson, William Stabler, 1891-1963.
Glory hole.
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Container of (work): Jauvoish, Simon.
Dawn in heaven.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reliving the trenches. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2021 1771125020 9781771125024 (OCoLC)1197572351 |
| ISBN |
9781771125055 (PDF) |
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1771125047 (EPUB) |
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1771125055 (PDF) |
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9781771125048 (electronic bk.) |
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