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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | In Retreat |
| Notes | This long poem is written in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand, in a notebook headed 'Poems to Old New England of Ivor Gurney', and is dedicated 'To Staten Island / in the name of Alan Seeger / Walt Whitman / Leo Count Tolstoy', with an explanatory note regarding each of these figures. These poems were written while Gurney was a patient at Stone House, Dartford, Kent, otherwise known as the City of London Mental Hospital. |
| Item Date | 23rd April 1925 |
| Creation place | Dartford, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Poem |
| Repository name | The Ivor Gurney Archive |
| Repository address | Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row, Alvin Street Gloucester GL1 3DW UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7518 |
