O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy |
| Notes | Manuscript in ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. This poem was found in notebook GA 45457 labelled 'Best Poems'. Manuscript in ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. This poem was found in notebook GA 45457 labelled 'Best Poems'. The title is after the American poet Walt Whitman, and the 'Michael of line 16 refers to the Archangel who barred Adam and Eve from Paradise. Included in the Edmund Blunden edition of Ivor Gurney's poems published in 1954, and in the Appendix of P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). |
| Item Date | September 1922 - 1925 |
| Creation place | Gloucester or Dartford, England |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Poem |
| Page | 2 of 2 |
| Collection ID | Papers of Ivor Gurney 45457 |
| 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 |
| Filename | IG-45457-p56.jpg |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7445/6930 |
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy |
| Notes | Manuscript in ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. This poem was found in notebook GA 45457 labelled 'Best Poems'. Manuscript in ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. This poem was found in notebook GA 45457 labelled 'Best Poems'. The title is after the American poet Walt Whitman, and the 'Michael of line 16 refers to the Archangel who barred Adam and Eve from Paradise. Included in the Edmund Blunden edition of Ivor Gurney's poems published in 1954, and in the Appendix of P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). |
| Item Date | September 1922 - 1925 |
| Creation place | Gloucester or Dartford, England |
| 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/7445 |
