From the Window/Girls Song
Page description
Title |
From the Window/Girls Song
|
---|---|
Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
|
Notes |
Manuscript in pencil with corrections in ink and pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. The poem was sent to John Haines in a letter received 11 September 1918. The right hand page contains an early draft of what was initially titled 'Girls Song' but which was later renamed 'The Tryst'. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919). Written while Gurney was a patient at the Middlesex War Hospital. Found in a coverless notebook used by Gurney from late August to mid-September 1918.
|
Item date |
August-September 1918
|
Creation place |
St Albans, England
|
Item source | |
Item medium | |
Writing medium | |
Content | |
Page number |
8
|
Total number of pages |
20
|
Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
|
Filename |
IG-64-5-6ff7v-8r.jpg
|
Collection ID |
Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.5.6.7v-8r
|
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 |
Collection
Citation
“Coverless Notebook,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9328.
Permitted Use
This item is available for non-commercial educational use under the terms of the Jisc Model Licence. Further details available at: http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/permitteduse
Geolocation
Document description
Title |
Coverless Notebook
|
---|---|
Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
|
Notes |
A coverless notebook used by Gurney from late August to mid-September
|
Item date |
August-September 1918
|
Creation place |
St Albans, England
|
Item source | |
Item medium | |
Writing medium | |
Content | |
Total number of pages |
20
|
Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
|
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
“Coverless Notebook,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9328.