Name/TitleThe Song of the Cold
MakerSitwell, Edith
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback publication of poetry with plastic dust cover titled 'The Song of the Cold' by Edith Sitwell. The inside cover contains an Exeter Cathedral Library sticker and 'withdrawn from stock' stamp. The inside of the dust cover states: "This book contains the poems written by Miss Sitwell since the outbreak of war. With them appear certain poems of an earlier date, which, because of their subject, are related to the later poems. There are, as well, three long poems and a song which have not appeared hitherto in book form. The poems are arranged for their first time in their proper sequence."
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper and board
MeasurementsH: 225 x W: 145 x D: 15 mm
Date Made1945
Period1940s
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherMacmillan & Co Ltd
Publication Date1945
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Sitwell:
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's poetic circle, to whom she was generous and helpful. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond World War
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2024-35-2
Spine LabelEDITH SITWELL ~ THE SONG OF THE COLD ~ MACMILLAN
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