Anthem for Doomed Youth

Item

Title

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Identifier

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Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

No. 96 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'. MSS in the possession of the Britten-Pears Foundation. Benjamin Britten's 1961 oratorio 'War Requiem' blended Mass for the Dead and Owen's poems.

Date

September 1917 - October 1917

Date Created

1917-09-01

Temporal Coverage

1917-10-31

Spatial Coverage

Craiglockhart, Scotland?

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Kate Lindsay

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive