The Dug-Out / Butterflies
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The Dug-Out / Butterflies
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| Author |
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)
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| Notes |
Manuscript of poems in ink with corrections, signed 'S. S.'. 'The Dug-Out' was initially composed at St Venant in July 1918. Both were published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The 'Dug-Out' was based on how Siegfried Sassoon's fellow officer 'Jowett' looked while he was asleep.
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| Item date |
August 1918
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| Creation place |
Lancaster Gate
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| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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| Filename |
SSBODENGLETTC741r.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate
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| Collection ID |
M.S. Eng lett C.7
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| Repository name |
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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| Repository address line1 |
Special Collections - Literary Manuscripts
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| Repository address line2 |
Broad Street
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| Repository address line3 |
Oxford
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| Repository address Zip code |
OX1 3BG
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| Repository address country |
UK
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Collection
Citation
“The Dug-Out / Butterflies,” by Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967). The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/9565.
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