65877: Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / The Jew
Creators: name: Project Team, First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Continues from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector. Pencil draft of 'The Jew' included with the letter. |File descriptions(s):
Postmarked envelope included with letter.<br>Continues from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector. Pencil draft of 'The Jew' included with the letter.<br>Reverse of paper containing pencil draft of the poem 'The Jew'. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley, continuing from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector.<br>Pencil draft written on the reverse of Y. M. C. A. paper. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley, continuing from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector.