The Poets of My County
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The Poets of My County
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| Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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| Notes |
Typescript with notations in pencil, prepared by Marion Scott. Written while Gurney was either at Barnwood House asylum, Gloucester (September-December 1922) or Stone House, Dartford, Kent (the City of London Mental Hospital where Gurney stayed from December 1922 until his death). Manuscript drafts found in the notebook 'GA 45457' entitled 'Best Poems'. Allusions to poets F.W. Harvey, John Masefield, Lascelles Abercrombie, John Taylor, W.W. Gibson, W.H. Davies and W.E. Henley. A version was included in the edition of Ivor Gurney's poems published by Leonard Clark in 1973.
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| Item date |
September 1922 - 1925
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| Creation place |
Gloucester or Dartford, England
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| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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| Filename |
IG-21-84.jpg
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| Collection ID |
Papers of Ivor Gurney 21.84
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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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Collection
Citation
“The Poets of My County,” by Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937). First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/6267.
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