Letter To Colin Owen

Item

Title

Letter To Colin Owen

Identifier

5408.cpd

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

Provides a vivid description of going over the top and crossing no man's land. Some of the imagery is repeated in his poem 'The Show' and used in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration'. Finishes with an elaborate pseudo-biblical parable. This is letter no. 510 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.

Date

14th May 1917

Date Created

1917-05-14

Spatial Coverage

13th Casualty Clearing Station, Gailly, France

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

10

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive