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65830: Letter To Leslie Gunston / The Dead-Beat

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posted on 2024-04-19, 15:03 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

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'.

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Identifier

5409.cpd | 4851.jpg | WOHRLET505r.jpg 4852.jpg | WOHRLET505v.jpg 4857.jpg | WOHRLET506r.jpg 4858.jpg | WOHRLET506v.jpg

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Date

22nd August 1917

Date Created

22/08/1917

Spatial

Craiglockhart, Scotland

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter | Letter Poem within Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4

Number of Pages

4

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Harry Ransom Center / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate

Collection ID

ff505r | ff505v | ff506r | ff506v

Repository Name

The Harry Ransom Center

Repository Address

The University of Texas at Austin, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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    The Wilfred Owen Collection

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