Literature of the Great War

ENGL 348. Spring 2022. Dr. Scanlon.

Article I mentioned in class (sort of)

Posted on February 15, 2022 by mscanlon

I have seen another piece about finding the body of a WWI Italian soldier in the Alps and will keep looking. But in the meantime, here is the story from the Post that I crossed it with, in which they find a preserved bunker from the war that is Austro-Hungarian, so I was a bit off:

https://wapo.st/3gPvrLe

NOT SO QUIET Miscellany

Posted on January 26, 2022 by mscanlon

Nellie notes that her family is sick of receiving her “crossed-out field postcards” (30). This is an example of such a card, many thousands of which were sent during the war:

Bovril: “thick and salty meat paste extract” (wikipedia)

British ambulance and drivers: