Letter To Leslie Gunston / The Dead-Beat

Item

Title

Letter To Leslie Gunston / The Dead-Beat

Identifier

5409.cpd

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

Describes in detail his first meeting with Siegfried Sassoon. Includes a draft of 'The Dead Beat'. The letter covers two days. In the second day Owen again describes his meeting with Sassoon including a conversation about 'The Old Huntsman' and Sassoon's advice on writing poetry. This is letter no. 541 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.

Date

22nd August 1917

Date Created

1917-08-22

Spatial Coverage

Craiglockhart, Scotland

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter

number of pages

4

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive