Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / The Tower of Skulls / Returning, we hear the larks / The Burning Temple / The Dying Soldier
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| Author | Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918) |
|---|---|
| Title | The Tower of Sculls |
| Notes | Reverse of pencil draft of poem written on Church Army paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls' and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'. |
| Item Date | 24th February 1918 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem within letter |
| Page | 5 of 9 |
| Collection ID | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E |
| Repository name | The British Library |
| Repository address | Manuscript Collections 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.bl.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IRBL103-c13323-61.jpg |
| Copyright | The British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5139/4360 |
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| Author | Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / The Tower of Skulls / Returning, we hear the larks / The Burning Temple / The Dying Soldier |
| Notes | Written on reverse of Church Army paper. Mentions still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls' and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'. |
| Item Date | 24th February 1918 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Content | Letter |
| Collection ID | Loan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E |
| Repository name | The British Library |
| Repository address | Manuscript Collections 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.bl.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5139 |
