The ordeal of Ivor Gurney
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Publication
1978 - Oxford University Press, Oxford [Eng., England
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveordealofivorgurn00hurd
- ISBN-100192117521
- ISBN-139780192117526
- LibraryThing1188717
- Goodreads3278472
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- Library of Congress Control Number78040194
- OCLC Control Number3932975
- Better World Books9780192117526
- Open LibraryOL4739359M
Classifications
- DDC821/.9/12
- DDCB
- LCCPR6013.U693 Z7
and 1 more
- LCCPR6013.U693Z/
Description
This biography of author, poet, composer and World War I Veteran Ivor Gurney focuses on his life-long battle with mental illness, which was probably exacerbated by his war experiences. He wrote, "Keep the Home Fires Burning," a very popular WWI song, as well as classical music, and several volumes of poetry. Gurney was confined for the last fifteen years of his life in a mental institution, after suffering several breakdowns, some of these being attributed to "shell shock." There is some question as to whether or not this diagnosis was correct. He was briefly a student of composer Ralph Vaughn Williams and was a close friend of many "soldier-poets," including Edward Thomas.
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