Drawing on biographical information, letters, reminiscences and anecdotes, John Lucas pieces together Gurney’s difficult, indeed tragic life, in order to show that Gurney’s poetry, while undoubtedly affected by his mental…

Comprises two collections of Ivor Gurney’s poetry. Best Poems consists of 64 poems. The Book of Five Makings contains 52 poems and eight revised versions. Gurney’s career began with two…

Ivor Gurney’s composition of Edmund Casson’s poem Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes was originally published in 1919. A wonderfully festive carol about the plight of the ewes on the mountains…

This is the first volume of the complete poetical works of Ivor Gurney (1890-1937). Following an extensive study of all known manuscripts, the edition changes our understanding of Gurney’s development…