Letter: To Marion Scott.

Item

Title

Letter: To Marion Scott.

Identifier

7557.cpd

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Abstract

Describes a 'bang' nearby / will return soon to the trenches / hopes that Marion Scott is well / discusses the book 'Friends' / recent poems and soldiers' slang in verse / intends to write another sonnet and describes it / discusses Scott's opinions of 'Flanders', 'Poor Folk' and 'To Certain Comrades' / includes 'After-Glow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Beauty', which Ivor Gurney notes, 'Bully beef at fault'.

Date

9th February 1917

Date Created

1917-02-09

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

6

Contributor

Alisa Miller

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