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Letter To Colin Owen

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AuthorOwen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
TitleLetter To Colin Owen
NotesProvides a vivid description of going over the top and crossing no man's land. Some of the imagery is repeated in his poem 'The Show' and used in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration'. Finishes with an elaborate pseudo-biblical parable. This is letter no. 510 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
Item Date14th May 1917
Creation place13th Casualty Clearing Station, Gailly, France (Google Maps)
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentLetter
Repository nameHarry Ransom Center
Repository address
The University of Texas at Austin
21st and Guadalupe Streets
Austin
Texas
78712
USA
Repository URLhttp://www.hrc.utexas.edu
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
CopyrightThe Harry Ransom Center / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5246