Towards Lillers
Page description
| Title |
Towards Lillers
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|---|---|
| Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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| Notes |
Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Other much-corrected drafts of the poem exist, and part of the poem can be found in the typescript of 'Aeroplanes Over Aubers'. This version was included in the Leonard Clark edition of Gurney's poems in 1973, and in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.
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| Item date |
1920 - 1922
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| Creation place |
England
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Writing medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
2
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| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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| Filename |
IG-64-1f76r.jpg
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| Collection ID |
Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.1.76r
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| Repository name |
The Ivor Gurney Archive
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| Repository address line1 |
Gloucestershire Archives
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| Repository address line2 |
Clarence Row, Alvin Street
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| Repository address line3 |
Gloucester
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| Repository address Zip code |
GL1 3DW
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| Repository address country |
UK
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| Repository address URL |
Collection
Citation
“Towards Lillers,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9286.
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Document description
| Title |
Towards Lillers
|
|---|---|
| Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
|
| Notes |
Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Other much-corrected drafts of the poem exist, and part of the poem can be found in the typescript of 'Aeroplanes Over Aubers'. This version was included in the Leonard Clark edition of Gurney's poems in 1973, and in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.
|
| Item date |
1920 - 1922
|
| Creation place |
England
|
| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Writing medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
|
| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
|
| Filename |
IG-64-1f7
|
| Repository name |
The Ivor Gurney Archive
|
| Repository address line1 |
Gloucestershire Archives
|
| Repository address line2 |
Clarence Row, Alvin Street
|
| Repository address line3 |
Gloucester
|
| Repository address Zip code |
GL1 3DW
|
| Repository address country |
UK
|
| Repository address URL |
Citation
“Towards Lillers,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9286.
