In Retreat
| Title |
In Retreat
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| Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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| Notes |
This long poem is written in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand, in a notebook headed 'Poems to Old New England of Ivor Gurney', and is dedicated 'To Staten Island / in the name of Alan Seeger / Walt Whitman / Leo Count Tolstoy', with an explanatory note regarding each of these figures. These poems were written while Gurney was a patient at Stone House, Dartford, Kent, otherwise known as the City of London Mental Hospital.
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| Item date |
23rd April 1925
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| Creation place |
Dartford, England
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| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
13
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| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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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
“In Retreat,” by Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937). First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7518.
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