Research Guides
ENGL 213 - Modern & Postmodern Literature: About the War
WWI
World War I was the cataclysmic effort of the early 20th century destroying not only lives but Europe's sense of itself. You will be able to find many articles and images of the war in the sources listed under "Reading" and "Seeing." This page lists additional sources dealing with the War.
Image: Detail from John Singer Sargent painting, "Gassed," 1919.
Additional Sources on WWI
- First World War - Official PhotographsOfficial British war photographs of the Western Front
- Newspaper Pictorials: World War I RotogravuresPictorial sections from WWI era New York Times and New York Tribune
- Times documentary history of the war11 volume print compilation of London Times coverage of the war; also available fulltext
- World War I CollectionDigitized collection of 100 volumes of books and magazines many in French or German from the WWI era
- World War I Document ArchiveThis archive of primary documents from World War One has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). International in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.
- World War I PostersMore than 1,500 posters from WWI