Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney

by Kate Kennedy

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The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylum

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the First World War and composed some of the greatest works in the English song repertoire, such as "Sleep." Yet his life was shadowed by the trauma of the war and mental illness, and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691212783

ISBN13:9780691212784

Release Date:July 2021

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:512 Pages

Weight:2.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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