Letter: To Edward Marsh / Through the Periscope / Limbo / I hate the moon / The Adventurer / The First Funeral
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| Author | Graves, Robert (1895-1985) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Edward Marsh |
| Notes | Describes displeasure at having shifted battalions / calculates likelihood of death / describes new officers and their taste, or lack thereof, in poetry, as well as relationship with the enlisted men / correspondence and friendship with a friend from Charterhouse / discusses the 'New Poetry' and Robert Graves' ability to write / desire for a wound or a transfer out / mentions Edward Marsh's 'Memoir' for Rupert Brooke and the problems of over-protective mothers / apologises for not having visited on most recent leave / includes drafts of the poems 'Through the Periscope', 'Limbo', 'I Hate the Moon', 'The Adventurer' and 'The First Funeral' / notes that he will be moving back up to the front line shortly. |
| Item Date | October 1915 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Letter |
| Page | 8 of 15 |
| Collection ID | The Berg Collection |
| Repository name | New York Public Library |
| Repository address | Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York USA |
| Repository URL | http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/berg-collection-english-and-american-literature |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | RGNYPLBERG1011u.jpg |
| Copyright | The Berg Collection, New York Public Library / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/3089/2431 |
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| Author | Graves, Robert (1895-1985) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Edward Marsh / Through the Periscope / Limbo / I hate the moon / The Adventurer / The First Funeral |
| Item Date | October 1915 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Letter |
| Collection ID | The Berg Collection |
| Repository name | New York Public Library |
| Repository address | Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York USA |
| Repository URL | http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/berg-collection-english-and-american-literature |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The Berg Collection, New York Public Library / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/3089 |
