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Siegfried Sassoon: Wonted Themes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9773

Scope and Contents

A collection of 14 poems, handwritten by Sassoon and bearing his monogram. Fair copy with occasional corrections. Poems: 'Apologia', 'The Tasking', 'Another Spring', 'An Epitome', 'The Best of It', 'The Worst of It', 'The Half Century', 'Neighbours', 'A Reunion', 'Not Guilty', 'Human Bondage', 'Can it be...', 'The Offering' and 'Two Twinklings'. With a related letter from Sassoon to 'Tommy' [H.M. Tomlinson], Heytesbury, 1 Jan. 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952-1953

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 collection (4 bifolios & covers, plus 1 sheet paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

pages hand-sewn with coloured decorative paper cover

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, November 2006.

Related Materials

An outline of other collections of Sassoon material held by the Cambridge University Library Manuscripts Department is to be found online at: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/sassoon.html. Some detailed catalogues to these collections may be found at the Archives Hub website: http://archiveshub.ac.uk/. Notable is the collection at MS Add.9852: Papers of Siegfried Sassoon.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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