This is the first volume of the complete poetical works of Ivor Gurney (1890-1937). Following an extensive study of all known manuscripts, the edition changes our understanding of Gurney's development, and of the true nature of his poetry. Volume I presents all of Gurney's poems written from March 1907 to December 1918.
This is the first volume of the complete poetical works of Ivor Gurney (1890-1937). Following an extensive study of all known manuscripts, the edition changes our understanding of Gurney's development, and of the true nature of his poetry. Volume I presents all of Gurney's poems written from March 1907 to December 1918.
Philip Lancaster is a composer and scholar, specializing in British music and poetry of the twentieth century. He was lately British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in English at the University of Exeter. Philip has brought many of Gurney's musical works out of the archive to performance and recording. Tim Kendall is Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. He writes on modern literature, especially war poetry.
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General Introduction Textual Introduction Chronology The Poems Commentary Appendix: Marion Scott: Severn and Somme Glossary Index