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65877: Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / The Jew

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posted on 2024-05-02, 16:14 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Continues from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector. Pencil draft of 'The Jew' included with the letter. |

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Postmarked envelope included with letter.
Continues from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector. Pencil draft of 'The Jew' included with the letter.
Reverse of paper containing pencil draft of the poem 'The Jew'. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley, continuing from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector.
Pencil draft written on the reverse of Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley, continuing from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector.

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Identifier

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Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Date

11th August 1917 | 11th July 1917

Date Created

11/08/1917 | 11/07/1917

Spatial

France

Source

Folio | Letter Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Miscellaneous Letter Poem within letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Number of Pages

6

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate

Collection ID

Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E

Repository Name

The British Library

Repository Address

96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Usage metrics

    The Isaac Rosenberg Collection

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