Dweller in Shadows

Dweller in Shadows PDF Author: Kate Kennedy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691212783
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
"Originally a student of music, [Gurney] took up poetry in the trenches of the First World War, and was working on what would be his first volume of verse when, in 1917, he suffered wounds to the shoulder; and it was just before publication of this volume, Severn & Somme, that he was gassed at Passchendaele. After his return to Britain he resumed his musical studies, ... and quickly found outlets for his compositions. There is some debate about whether or not his subsequent mental illness was a consequence of the horrors and sufferings of the war; but mental illness marked the rest of his life, and indeed from about 1922 until his death he was institutionalised ... He nevertheless continued to produce poems and musical compositions in prolific fashion, and his works in both areas are read and performed, respectively, to this day"--

Ivor Gurney's Gloucestershire

Ivor Gurney's Gloucestershire PDF Author: Eleanor M. Rawling
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780752453538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Exploring the poetry and place of Gloucestershire

Best Poems

Best Poems PDF Author: Ivor Gurney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Best Poems consists of fair copies Gurney made, with few alterations. The Book of Five Makings is more a working draft, with recastings of the same poems, revealing the process by which he brought his art to completion. Of the 116 poems in this double volume, fewer than a quarter are previously collected. In his introduction R.K.R. Thornton, Professor of English at the University of Birmingham and editor of Gurney's poems and collected letters, sets the books in context. Annotations give readers a clear picture of the books as Gurney wanted them to be.

Severn & Somme

Severn & Somme PDF Author: Ivor Gurney
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015526051
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Poetry of the First World War

Poetry of the First World War PDF Author: Tim Kendall
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642053
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1048

Book Description
The First World War produced an extraordinary flowering of poetic talent, poets whose words commemorate the conflict more personally and as enduringly as monuments in stone. Lines such as 'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?' and 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old' have come to express the feelings of a nation about the horrors and aftermath of war. This new anthology provides a definitive record of the achievements of the Great War poets. As well as offering generous selections from the celebrated soldier-poets, including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, and Ivor Gurney, it also incorporates less well-known writing by civilian and women poets. Music hall and trench songs provide a further lyrical perspective on the War. A general introduction charts the history of the war poets' reception and challenges prevailing myths about the war poets' progress from idealism to bitterness. The work of each poet is prefaced with a biographical account that sets the poems in their historical context. Although the War has now passed out of living memory, its haunting of our language and culture has not been exorcised. Its poetry survives because it continues to speak to and about us.

Selected Poems of Ivor Gurney

Selected Poems of Ivor Gurney PDF Author: Ivor Gurney
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
The last few years have seen the rise of Ivor Gurney as one of the finest World War I poets. The 1982 publication of the Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney helped to establish him as a major literary figure, as it brought together an abundance of his work, inspired by his native Gloucestershire, the war, and his personal descent into madness after World War I. This collection of poems, published in the centenary of Gurney's birth, provides a selection of his most successful pieces.

The Ordeal of Ivor Gurney

The Ordeal of Ivor Gurney PDF Author: Michael Hurd
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571281052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
First published in 1978 The Ordeal of Ivor Gurney is a moving and extraordinary account of a tragic genius penned by the composer Michael Hurd. Born in Gloucester in 1890 Ivor Gurney began writing songs and poems in his teens, taking his inspiration from the Severn Valley countryside where he grew up. Sent to the Western Front during the First World War Gurney experienced desolation and horror that made a profound impression on him. He ended his days in an asylum, but at his death in 1937 he was beginning to be acknowledged as one of England's finest composers. Still, it took several more decades for his work as a war poet to be fully appreciated. 'Hurd compresses into a taut, sympathetic outline the initial optimism and later torment of Gurney's ill-starred life... distinguished by its crisp use of poetic extracts.' PN Review

Stars in a Dark Night

Stars in a Dark Night PDF Author: Ivor Gurney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750934671
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
This collection of letters written by Ivor Gurney whilst on the Western Front shows that, although the facts of his life are undeniably tragic, the relationship he forged with his family was loving.
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