66303: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:57 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Thinking of 'what's in store' / reserve better than front lines / describes how the army has forced Ivor Gurney to get along better with people / thinks about possible death, and expresses some contentment / takes comfort in his 'English Preludes' and verses / working on the sonnet 'England' for the 'Sonnets 1914' sequence / John Masefield's 'Good Friday'. |

File description(s):

Envelope containing letter.
Thinking of 'what's in store' / reserve better than front lines / describes how the army has forced Ivor Gurney to get along better with people / thinks about possible death, and expresses some contentment / takes comfort in his 'English Preludes' and verses / working on the sonnet 'England' for the 'Sonnets 1914' sequence / John Masefield's 'Good Friday'.

History

Identifier

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

4th March 1917

Date Created

04/03/1917 | 23/02/1917

Spatial

France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Number of Pages

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.69 | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.69.1r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.69.1v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.69.2r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.69.2v

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK