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Remembered Today:

'The Hydra' at Craiglockhart.


seaJane

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I came across this earlier and found it an intriguing read - the ins and outs of how GW material is found: https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/secrets-of-the-hydra-how-tolkien-research-uncovered-lost-wilfred-owen-magazines/

 

If you want to see facsimiles of the magazines (some edited by Wilfred Owen) then they can be found here: https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-location/our-campuses/special-collections/war-poets-collection/the-hydra. 

 

sJ

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This thesis might be useful in interpreting the literary culture at Craiglockhart. There is also a section about Bonner which may be of interest to you.

 

file:///C:/Users/44789/Downloads/Schaupp2018%20(1).pdf

 

IR

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3 hours ago, ilkley remembers said:

This thesis might be useful in interpreting the literary culture at Craiglockhart. There is also a section about Bonner which may be of interest to you.

 

file:///C:/Users/44789/Downloads/Schaupp2018%20(1).pdf

 

IR

 

Thanks - I trawled that one up only yesterday! Unfortunately, once you have downloaded the pdf, the link you provide will only be live for your own system. I think this link will enable anyone who is interested to download the thesis themselves: https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/31553.

 

Best wishes and thanks for your interest.

 

sJ

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Thank you so much for this. Visited the old Craiglockhart back in 2016 and even though it's a proper university now, it was fascinating to see the place in person. The small, but moving historical display of Owen and Sassoon-related items was fascinating. 

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Glad you like it!

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Thanks from me too sJ. I've been interested in Sassoon's influence on Owen for ages, I've been wondering if Owen tried to become Sassoon. He always appears to be a directionless man prior to the Craiglockhart period and Sassoon would appear be a perfect role model. I'll try and have a scan though for any interesting insights.

 

Pete.

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Very occasionally an original copy appears on the market. Sadly the last one I saw fetched over £1,000.

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  • 6 months later...

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Scenes set in Craiglockhart, with Sassoon, Graves and Owen in a fictional story that binds them into a series of stories around the Doctors and Inmates of the institution. Well worth a read...

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5 minutes ago, charlie962 said:

I think it was that trilogy that first made me aware of Rivers and his work

I think it's an amazing piece of fiction, all be it stitched together using real people. Can't imagine what the body of research went into that tale...

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