Severn and Somme <i>and</i> War's Embers

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Av Ivor Gurney, Ronald K. Thornton, Ronald K Thornton, R.K.R. Thornton

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Ivor Gurney's poetic career was unusual. It began in 1917 and 1919 with two small volumes of verse, Severn and Somme and War's Embers. After that, though he planned further books, none appeared until Edmund Blunden's 1954 Selected Poems. By then Gurney, who entered an asylum in 1922, had been dead for 17 years.Carcanet, in association with MidNAG, has sought to recreate what would have been Gurney's poetic trajectory, issuing not only his War Letters and Collected Letters, but the books he did publish, and those he would have published had he been able to do so. This volume includes his 1917 and 1919 books, while later volumes, rather than merely select from the mass of archive material, follow his changing instructions and present the oeuvre as he might have wished it.Gurney's musical training -- with Herbert Howells, under Stanford at the Royal College of Music -- saw him writing songs and setting others' lyrics. He heard and read the Georgians. Then the War came and in 1916, as a private in the 2nd/5th Gloucesters, he began the service which more or less stopped his musical career. In 1917 he was gassed at Ypres and posted back to England. Within five years he had entered the Dartford mental hospital where he ended his days.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-09-29
Mått130 x 198 x 15 mm
Vikt188 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor156
FörlagCarcanet Press Ltd
ISBN9781857543483

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsA Brief ChronologyIntroductionSEVERN & SOMMETitle page of first editionPrefaceTo Certain ComradesThe Fire KindledTo the Poet before BattleMaisemoreAfterwardsCarolStrange serviceSerenityThe Signaller's VisionThe MotherTo England - A NoteBach and the SentryLettersStafeAcquiescenceThe Strong ThingScotsTo an Unknown LadySong and PainPurple and BlackWest CountryFirelightThe EstaminetSongBallad of the Three SpectresCommunionTime and the SoldierInfluencesAfter-GlowHail and FarewellPraiseWinter BeautySong of Pain and BeautySpring. Rouen, May 1917June-To-Come"Hark, Hark, the Lark"Song at MorningTreesRequiemRequiemRequiemSonnets 19171 For England2 Pain3 Servitude4 Home-Sickness5 England the MotherWAR'S EMBERSTitle page of first editionDedication: To M.M.S.The VolunteerThe FarmOmensEternal TreasureFire in the DuskTurmut-HoeingIn a WardCampsGirl's SongSolace of MenDay-boys and ChoristersAt Reserve DepotToasts and MemoriesFrom the WindowYpres-MinsterworthNear MidsummerToussaintsThe Stone-BreakerDrifting LeavesContrastsTo F.W.H.The Immortal HourTo His LoveMigrantsOld Martinmas EveAfter MusicThe TargetTwigworth VicarageHospital Pictures:1 Ladies of Charity2 Dust3 "Aberdonian"4 Companion - North=east Dugout5 The Miner6 Upstairs PianoHidden TalesRecompenseThe TrystThe PlainRumours of Wars"On Rest"DickyThe Day for VictoryPassionate EarthThe PoplarDown Commercial Road (Gloucester)From OmiecourtLe Coq FrancaisThe Fisherman of NewnhamThe Lock-keeperThe Revellers"Annie Laurie"The Battalion is Now on RestPhotographsThat CountryIntervalDe ProfundisThe TowerCommentaryMapThe Composition of Severn & Somme Notes to Severn & Somme The Composition of War's Embers Notes to War's Embers Further ReadingIndex of Titles and First Lines

Lastly, I must mention the publication in one volume by Carcanet(£8.95 boards) of the only two books published by Ivor Gurney in his lifetime: Severn & Somme and War's Embers, edited by R. K. R. Thornton. Though the diction often has a musty quality, Gurney's senses of rhythm and syntax are equal to his subject matter: these poems should not be overshadowed by his later work.Thornton's annotation is careful and gives plenty of insight into the circumstances of composition.The book is a notable contribution to First World War literature, as readers of Geoffrey Hill's 1984 Bateson Memorial Lecture will already have guessed. MARTIN DODSWORTH Autumn 1987