Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

Item

Title

Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

Identifier

5528.cpd

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Abstract

Thanks for a letter / will send two of Rupert Brooke's volumes and a unknown poet's works, as well as his own 'Over the Brazier' / jokes about the Siegfried Sassoon's likelihood of receiving a military cross / discusses Robert Graves' uncle C. L. Graves' review of various poets for 'The Spectator', including Charles Sorley, possible changes to his poems entitled 'When I see millions of the mouthless dead' and 'Odyssey' / Charles Sorley's sexuality / other poems influencing the younger generation of poets, including the Georgians / potential for going up to Oxford after the war with friends, and desire for Sassoon to come as well / a poem of Sassoon's in the 'Westminster Gazette' / possible post-war cliques based on military service at Oxford following the war / potential for reunions / weekend visitor.

Date

May 1916

Date Created

1916-05-01

Temporal Coverage

1916-05-31

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

4

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive