Letter: To Colin Hughes (November 1969).
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| Author | Jones, David (1895-1974) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hughes, Colin |
| Title | Letter: To Colin Hughes (November 1969). |
| Notes | David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for sending a photograph of the Bois de Mametz / discusses the Battle of the Somme 1916 and the changing hands of the Mametz sector in 1918 / the role of the 38th Welsh Division in August 1918 / Mametz Wood as a 'wasteland' in 1919 but clearly revitalised after the war / memories invoked by the photograph / the relationship between Mametz Wood in the summer of 1916 and 'In Parenthesis', Part VII / discusses maps from Part VII in relation to trenches / explains about trying to use his experiences of war as a framework for the book / describes an advance at Mametz Wood / wonders what the French authorities have done with the wood since the war / remarks on the fact that the landscape looks flatter then he (David Jones) remembers it. |
| Item Date | 18th November 1969 |
| Creation place | Harrow, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Letter |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=3239 |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards |
| Copyright | The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6182 |
