MS 586 02 02 02

MS 586 02 02 02

Rupert Brooke collection: Letters from Edward Marsh to Siegfried Sassoon

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"From 1913 [Edward Marsh's appartment became] a virtual second home for Rupert Brooke. Early in 1912 his critical appreciation of Brooke's poems in the Poetry Review brought him the acquaintance of Harold Monro; a casual remark of Brooke's led to the scheme of an anthology of modern verse which Marsh undertook to edit, under the title Georgian Poetry, with Monro's Poetry Bookshop as the publishing house. The anthology appeared in December 1912 and eventually developed into a series of five volumes published over a period of ten years. During those years Marsh introduced to the general reader almost three generations of poets. Among the original ‘Georgians’ were Brooke, J. E. Flecker, Lascelles Abercrombie, Gordon Bottomley, W. H. Davies, Walter de la Mare, and D. H. Lawrence. In 1917 a new group appeared, characterized by the powerful ‘realistic’ war poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Nichols, and Robert Graves." (From ODNB)

1913-1952

36 letters in 2 folders

A series of thirty six letters from Edward Marsh to Siegfried Sasoon, from 1929 to 1952. The early letters mention of Rupert Brooke. Contemporary literature, Sassoon's works, and the 'Georgian Poets' series are also discussed.

Chronologically within 2 folders.