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World War I
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Canadian Virtual War Memorial / Mémorial virtuel de guerre du Canada 
 Excellent site that provides information about the more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlers who fought and died while representing their country during the Nile Expedition (1884-1885), the South African War (1899-1902), the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. Includes commemorative inscriptions in Canada's Books of Remembrance; Canadian medals and decorations; Remembrance Day posters; digital war art; representative songs, prose, and poetry; and information about Canadian war graves and memorial sites around the world. There are also links to related Web resources. In French and English. http://www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca/ Topics: Holidays by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Military, Poetry Last updated Jul 25, 2001 Lost Poets of the Great War
Contains brief biographies and poems of World War I poets Rupert Brooke, John McCrae, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Alan Seeger, and Edward Thomas. Includes a chronology of World War I, information on casualties, and a bibliography. From a professor at the Emory University English Department. http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Military, Notable People, Poetry, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 1, 2004 The Wilfred Owen Association
Considered one of the great war poets, few of Owen's war poems were published during his lifetime, but poet Siegfried Sassoon arranged for the publication of some of Owen's poems after his death; they are studied and admired for their strong themes today. This site includes the poems (with background and commentary), a chronology of his life, a virtual tour with photographs of important places in his short life, and links to other Web resources. http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Yamada (Mitsuye) Papers
Poet Mitsuye Yamada was born Mitsuye May Yasutake in Japan; at the age of 3, she emigrated to the United States with her parents and grew up in Seattle. When World War II began she was relocated to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho. This site describes the collection of her papers at the Special Collections and Archives of the University of California, Irvine, libraries and provides a biography and chronology of her life. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5d5nb2wc Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Poetry Last updated Aug 4, 2005 |
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