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- Women's Voices from the Spanish Civil War
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Lawrence & Wishart
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Perhaps more than any other war in the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War was seen as a 'writers' war' - names such as Hemingway and Orwell spring to mind. But the women who went to Spain and wrote about it have often been forgotten. This anthology is part of efforts to redress the balance. It includes writing by women from Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand - and from unsung nurses and relief workers as well as internationally celebrated writers. Bringing together extracts from memoirs, letters, diaries and poems, this collection provides a moving overview of the Spanish Civil War from the perspective of women participants.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 13-22
- Note on the Text
- p. 31
- Chronology
- pp. 32-33
- Books for Background
- p. 34
- Glossary of Initials
- pp. 35-36
- Part 1: From Games to War
- In the Beginning ...
- pp. 39-41
- A Real War
- pp. 42-43
- Mediterranean
- pp. 44-48
- This Earthquake!
- pp. 49-52
- Part 2: Where the Wounded Were
- The First Medical Unit
- pp. 55-57
- Bread and Chick Peas
- pp. 58-60
- I Shall Never Forget
- pp. 61-62
- A Woman's Work in Wartime
- pp. 63-67
- Them and Us
- pp. 68-70
- The Best Part of My Life
- pp. 71-72
- English Penny
- pp. 78-80
- EI Escorial
- pp. 81-82
- True Comradeship
- pp. 85-86
- Small Beer
- pp. 87-92
- The Monastery at Uclés
- pp. 93-94
- Short of Everything
- pp. 95-98
- Learning to Walk Again
- pp. 99-100
- Across the Ebro
- pp. 101-103
- The Cave by the River
- pp. 104-105
- From the Ends of the Earth
- pp. 106-109
- I Could Never Smile Again
- pp. 110-115
- Not Exactly Terrified
- pp. 121-124
- Snow and Springtime
- pp. 125-126
- Six Inch Roses
- pp. 127-130
- Wearing Our Uniforms Proudly
- pp. 131-133
- Strawberry Jam and Crackers
- pp. 134-135
- It Isn't Romantic, But ...
- pp. 136-138
- Crying Would Have to Come Later
- pp. 139-145
- Americans and British
- pp. 146-148
- A Special Privilege
- pp. 149-150
- Doing Christ's Duty
- pp. 151-154
- Male Arrogance Defeated
- pp. 155-156
- Blood for the Front
- pp. 157-161
- A School for Nurses
- pp. 162-163
- So Personal, the War
- pp. 164-174
- Part 3: With the Rearguard
- Fear is a Serious Thing
- pp. 177-179
- From a Spanish Diary
- pp. 180-187
- The Margins of Chaos
- pp. 188-193
- Christian Insights
- pp. 194-199
- Saving the Children
- pp. 200-203
- The Stricken South
- pp. 204-206
- 'Está la Guerra!'
- pp. 207-209
- P.S. The Baby Died
- pp. 210-212
- Of Houses and Horses
- pp. 213-216
- Christmas - Once a Year
- pp. 217-219
- The Beleaguered North
- pp. 220-221
- Basque Children for England
- pp. 222-224
- 'Colonia del Inglés'
- pp. 225-227
- A Black Cloud
- pp. 228-229
- The Uprooted
- pp. 230-234
- The Fall of Barcelona
- pp. 235-240
- The Last Day in Valencia
- pp. 241-244
- Part 4: Supporting and Reporting
- Looking for Evidence
- pp. 247-249
- Dangerous For Us
- pp. 250-253
- Filming the Internationals
- pp. 254-256
- The POUM Women's Battalion
- pp. 257-261
- Elopement to a War
- pp. 262-267
- Inside Franco's Málaga
- pp. 268-270
- An Anarchist Call
- pp. 274-275
- The Revolution is Slipping
- pp. 276-277
- Tension in Barcelona, May 1936
- pp. 278-280
- The Point of Truth
- pp. 281-284
- University City
- pp. 285-287
- Soldiers and Sickles
- pp. 288-289
- Writers in Madrid
- p. 292
- Things That Have Never Been Funny
- pp. 294-296
- Hunger is Awful
- pp. 297-298
- Ideals and Realities
- pp. 299-303
- Black Fighters
- pp. 304-305
- A Visit to the British Battalion
- pp. 306-308
- Part 5: The Other Side of the Lines
- The Men are Working Better
- pp. 311-313
- A Shining Light
- pp. 314-318
- The Bishop's Equipo
- pp. 319-322
- Assisting the Task of Appeasement
- pp. 323-324
- Part 6: A People in Retreat
- A Tragedy So Immense
- pp. 327-328
- A Whole Landscape Moving
- pp. 329-332
- Concentration Camp
- p. 333
- A Ship for Mexico
- pp. 334-336
- Part 7: Afterwords
- The Undefeated
- pp. 339-344
- I Shall See Their Like Again
- pp. 345-346
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 348-350
- Name Index
- pp. 351-355
- Subject Index
- pp. 356-360
Additional Information
ISBN
9781909831964
Related ISBN(s)
9781905007875
MARC Record
OCLC
899261416
Pages
360
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No