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Oxford University puts unseen First World War poet's manuscripts online

Rare and unseen manuscripts from the First World War poet Edmund Blunden are being put online by Oxford University.

They include 17 poems that Blunden, a friend of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and Wilfred Owen, wrote during his three years of service.

Also available to see online will be extracts from his trench diary and his 'Minute Book', which he started to assemble after 1918 to record and illustrate his experiences.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)