Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971).
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Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971).
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Author |
Jones, David (1895-1974)
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Subject |
Hughes, Colin
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Notes |
David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a card from 5th January [1971] and for his ongoing 'research' / confirms Malory's Morte d'Arthur as the source for the phrase 'and on the morn Elias the captain came' [the adjutant in 15 RWF was actually called Capt Elias] / explains that in 'In Parenthesis' quotations from past literature etc. have a correspondence with actual events / discusses at length the choice of names he gave 'Mr Jenkins', the young subaltern in his battalion: Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / Wilde's play Picture of Dorian Gray one source/the Catholic chaplain in his battalion, Father Deiniol Hughes MC, whom Jones encountered in 1917 near the Yser Canal model for the Father Larkin of 'In Parenthesis' / had been in touch with Captain Fitzsimmons of the battalion who was at school with Fr Hughes and could have elaborated on this but was now dead / Fr Hughes always with his men even in battle / inspiration for the phrase 'why is Father Larkin talking to the dead' in 'In Parenthesis' / Written in black ink with notes in purple and black ink.
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Item date |
14th January 1971
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Creation place |
Harrow, England
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Total number of pages |
2
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Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards
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Copyright |
The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate
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Digital repository | |
Repository name |
National Library of Wales
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Repository address line1 |
Aberystwyth
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Repository address line2 |
Ceredigion
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Repository address county or state |
Wales
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Repository address Zip code |
SY23 3BU
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Repository address country |
UK
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Collection
Citation
“Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971).,” by Jones, David (1895-1974). The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6184.
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