Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford, 1908-1915

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Title: Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford, 1908-1915
Creator: Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Abstract: The collection consists of 45 letters to Dudley Ward and 33 to Frances (Darwin) Cornford, who was also a poet. The letters discuss in detail Brooke's complicated romantic relationships with "Ka" Cox, Noel Olivier, Cathleen Nesbitt, and the Tahitian woman Taata-Mata, whom Brooke met during his 1913 trip to the South Seas. They also describe his social life; his travels; his reading; and his experiences in the Royal Navy in 1915 and early 1916. Several 1910 letters to Cornford discuss a planned production of The Land of Heart's Desire
Description: Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge, was a member of the Georgian Poets. His most famous work, the sonnet sequence 1914 and Other Poems, appeared in 1915. Brooke joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in August 1914; he died of sepsis from an infected mosquito bite on a French hospital ship on his way to Gallipoli.
Accompanied by an item-level list by William Reese Co.
In English.
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Co. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Correspondence
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960.
Cox, Katherine Laird.
Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982.
Olivier, Noel, 1892-
Taata-Mata.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Subject (Topic): Friends and associates
Relations with women
Poets, English
Poets, Georgian
World War, 1914-1918
History
Social life and customs
Subjects: Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 > Friends and associates
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 > Relations with women
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960
Cox, Katherine Laird
Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982
Olivier, Noel, 1892-
Taata-Mata
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Poets, English > 20th century
Poets, Georgian
World War, 1914-1918 > Correspondence
Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century

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Citation: Rupert Brooke Letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.