Tobacco
Title |
Tobacco
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Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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Notes |
Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Numerous versions of the poem exist, and a shorter version from the green manuscript exercise book 64.3 was published in 'The London Mercury' in 1924. The draft shown here was included 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 | |
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Writing medium | |
Content | |
Total number of pages |
3
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Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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Filename |
IG-64-1f
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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
“Tobacco,” by Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937). First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7496.
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