The Dead-Beat

Item

Title

Identifier

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Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

Begun on 22 August 1917 at Craiglockhart; eight lines were included (and probably adapted for) Owen's editorial in The Hydra no. 10 (1 September 1917). This copy is dated October 1917, probably incorrectly. The poem was revised in March-May 1918 at Ripon. This is no.146 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.

Date

22nd Augst 1917 - May 1918

Date Created

1917-08-22

Temporal Coverage

1918-05-31

Spatial Coverage

Craiglockhart, Scotland or Ripon, England

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive