Gurney, Ivor 1890-1937

Collected poems of Ivor Gurney by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
8 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in English and held by 464 libraries worldwide

War letters : a selection by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
14 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 303 libraries worldwide

Poems of Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937 by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 216 libraries worldwide

Selected poems of Ivor Gurney by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
3 editions published between 1990 and 1997 in English and held by 212 libraries worldwide
Richard Sakwa's Russian Politics and Society is the most comprehensive study of Russia's post-communist political development. It has, since its first publication in 1993, become an indispensable guide for all those who need to know about the current political scene in Russia, about the country's political stability and about the future of democracy under its post-communist leadership. For this second edition, Richard Sakwa has updated the text throughout and restructured its presentation so as to emphasize the ongoing struggle for stability in Russia over the last five years. This edition includes the full text of the constitution of 1993; new material on recent elections, the new parliament (State Duma and Federation Council), the development of the presidency and an evaluation of the country's political evolution during the 1990s; up-to-date details on the development of a federal system and on local government; and a thoroughly updated bibliography.

Five Elizabethan songs : for low voice and piano by Ivor Gurney ( )
13 editions published between 1920 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 138 libraries worldwide

Best poems ; and, The book of five makings by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
Ivor Gurney's poetic career was unusual. It began in 1917 and 1919 with two small volumes of verse (Severn and Somme and War's Embers, published by MidNAG/Carcanet). Then in 1922 he entered the asylum from which only an occasional poem in a magazine emerged. He did not stop writing: Edmund Blunden and Leonard Clark produced selections (1954 and 1973); P.J. Kavanagh produced the Collected and Selected Poems in 1982. Gurney went from small editions to Collected in a single leap. It is worth reconstructing the more conventional process, reinventing books Gurney himself wished to see published in his lifetime. He put such volumes together without hope of publication. Gurney had various titles in mind: Rewards of Wonder, Eighty Poems, The Book of Five Makings and Best Poems. All work towards a statement of his poetic position and come from his viewpoint, not from that of a selector or editor.

Collected letters / Ivor Gurney by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
6 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide

Ludlow and Teme : a song-cycle to poems of A.E. Housman : for tenor and piano by Ivor Gurney ( )
12 editions published between 1923 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 120 libraries worldwide

Severn & Somme ; and, War's embers by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
6 editions published between 1917 and 1997 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide

Stars in a dark night : the letters of Ivor Gurney to the Chapman Family by Ivor Gurney ( Book )
9 editions published between 1985 and 2004 in English and held by 114 libraries worldwide
This is a new publication of a collection of letters which Gurney wrote from the Western Front in WWI. Although the facts of Gurney's life are undeniably tragic, he managed to find great enjoyment in his friendships. That aspect of his life remained in the shadows as no documentary evidence had been found to support it, but the discovery of his letters to the Chapman family restores the balance. These letters give us a previously unrevealed insight into the courage, humour and warmth of his personality in the years prior to 1922 when Gurney was committed to an asylum until his death. 'Stars in a Dark Night' is Gurney's own description of the Chapmans' letters to him during the war, complemented with photographs, documents and manuscript pieces.