Browse Pathways (17 total)
Wilfred Owen and Classical Allusion
This display of manuscripts looks at the classical tradition as an important source of imagery and content for some of Wilfred Owen's poems. Developed for A'level (16-18 years) literature and classical studies.
Films of the Battle of the Somme
This pathway was created for the Learning and Teaching Development - ICT for English
Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, as a demonstration of how to integrate a pathway into a class.
Isaac Rosenberg
This pathway gives a brief overview of some of Isaac Rosenberg's poetry and letters, and some of the images that might have inspired him during his time spent in France from the summer of 1916 until his death on 1st April, 1918.
Women in the War - Vera Brittain
This tutorial will attempt to inspire discussion and inquiry into the experience of middle-class women in Great Britain during the First World War, focusing on the letters and poetry of Vera Brittain.
Edward Thomas
This tutorial traces the wartime experience of the poet Edward Thomas, with particular emphasis on the effects of the First World War on families and children.
Robert Graves
This pathway offers a brief overview of Robert Graves's experience of the First World War.
Welsh Poet Hedd Wyn
Background information about Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) the Welsh poet who was killed during the First World War. This is to provide context for those studying the craft of the film-maker (for the film 'Hedd Wyn' - a set work for study at the Welsh Second Language exam at AS level).
German First World War Writing
This pathway contains introductory and contextual material on 7 German First World War writers. It is designed as a starting point for your own independent research.
-- Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues (1929)
-- Flex, Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (1917)
-- Jünger, In Stahlgewittern (1920)
-- Renn, Krieg (1928)
-- Plievier, Des Kaisers Kulis (1930)
-- Schauwecker, Aufbruch der Nation (1929)
-- Köppen, Heeresbericht (1930)
Colonial Subjects in WWI and British Subjects in the Colonies
The aim of this pathway is to provide an example of the ways in which British colonial subjects participated, witnessed and responded to WWI. Both the global and national context of the war will be considered (e.g. British Indian and British African troops fighting in Europe and British troops fighting in Africa and Palestine) and it is hoped that the examples of writing (e.g. poetry and letters) and images catalogued here will prompt other researchers to develop this field further.
First World War: texture and context
This pathway is part of a project for Creative Writing students. The aim is to consider how to use historical texts and artefacts as a trigger for writing, especially in reimagining the past.
