Record ID:
239580
Accession number:
MA 5142.24
Credit:
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes:
Envelope is addressed to "Ian Davie Esq. / Brompton Chambers / 215 Brompton Road / London / S.W.3 / Inglaterra."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Summary:
Thanking him for sending him a copy of Piers Prodigal; noting that he is "not surprised that the reviewers neglect [the] work" because it is "aristocratic in workmanship and diction and of a fineness not any longer accepted"; telling him that "'A Word in Time' is the poem that best pleases" him; giving critiques of some of the other poems.
Provenance:
Kenneth A. Lohf.
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