Testament of Youth (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Vera Brittain
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1900-1925
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Roland A. Leighton, Edward H. Brittain, Winifred Holtby, Viscountess Rhondda, George Gordon Catlin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Memory, Social reform, Tradition, World War II, Manners or customs, Feminism, World War I, Lifestyles, Pacifism
- Locales: England
Form and Content
Testament of Youth is the story of the loss of an entire generation’s youth and innocence to the shattering tragedy of World War I (1914-1918). Though often remembered as one of a very few World War I memoirs written by women, Testament of Youth contains only one section devoted to Vera Brittain’s wartime experiences as an Army nurse and two equally long sections dealing with her childhood and her experiences as a writer, lecturer, and activist in the postwar years. Woven into the narrative of wartime tragedy and peacetime frustration are...
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