Comprises 271 letters from Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare (323 leaves). Includes one letter from John Masefield to Edward Thomas, and one from Edmund Gosse.
Dates
- 1906-1917
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. c. 376, fol.1].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. lett. c. 376
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18802
Abstract
Letters from Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare, 1906-1917.
Biographical / Historical
For full biographies of Edward Thomas and Walter de la Mare, see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library, 1976. Bought with the aid of a grant from the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Bibliography
- Judy Kendall, Poet to poet: Edward Thomas's letters to Walter de la Mare (2012).
- 20th century
- Correspondence
- English literature
- English literature -- 20th century
- English poetry
- English poetry -- 20th century
- Gosse | Sir | Edmund William | 1849-1928 | Knight | poet, biographer and literary critic
- Literature
- Literature -- 20th century
- Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet
- Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist
- Poets
- Poets, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Thomas | Philip Edward | 1878-1917 | poet and writer
- War poetry
- Title
- Catalogue of letters from Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare, 1906-1917
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Rachael Marsay
- Date
- 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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