Women and men alike turned to writing as a means of emotional outlet. Literature became a common way for the British soldiers to approach the reality of the war, whether to express dissent against it, or to simply understand it. The new style of war allowed soldiers an unprecedented amount of time to ponder the battles which they fought not only in the literal sense, but battles of the mind and spirit which were of no shortage in the hellish conditions that they endured. Many social, political, and economic shifts occurred during the war, and any of the writers of the time felt the need to speak out against the flaws they saw in their society, sometimes even while fighting for their lives in the trenches. Literature during the Great War often reflects upon and bitingly criticizes the horrors of war, as well as the changes society was undergoing and provides a drastic transition between pre and post war work. One of the most heavily impacted cultural arenas to be touched by the war was literature. Great Britain, as one of the primary belligerents of the conflict, was no exception and experienced a wave of social and artistic change as a direct result of the war. The Great War, which took place between 1914-1918, shook the very foundations of the Western world, causing a societal upheaval that left immediate and lasting impressions on every aspect of society and culture. One reason for this is that poets are not arrested as quickly as prose writers” – Ernest Hemingway, in “Men at War”
The only true writing that came through during the war was in poetry. The Impact of the First World War: Britain & Literature “ There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war.
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