Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / Daughters of War / Dead Man's Dump

Item

Title

Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / Daughters of War / Dead Man's Dump

Identifier

5220.cpd

Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Abstract

Describes pleasure at having received a letter from Gordon Bottomley praising the poem 'Daughters of War' / Isaac Rosenberg's opinion of the poem / explains why his letters are often more rushed than he would like / opinion of an unspecified poem of Bottomley's / desire to read Bottomley's plays /likelihood of obtaining leave / having started a play / fears that his work will be lost / discusses weather and health / instructs Bottomley to write only if he has nothing else to do. Typescript of 'Dead Man's Dump' and a note with pencil corrections to the poem also included with the letter.

Date

20th June 1917

Date Created

1917-06-20

Spatial Coverage

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

8

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive