tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post4146272116750544869..comments2024-01-02T15:12:14.699+00:00Comments on War Poetry: Round Up Tim Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17917270014209480898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post-16755350948148163902013-07-11T20:03:35.890+01:002013-07-11T20:03:35.890+01:00Anyone who has read my biography of Ivor Gurney (S...Anyone who has read my biography of Ivor Gurney (Song of Pain and Beauty, Boydell, 2008) or my articles about him will not find it "particularly surprising" at all that he suffered breakdowns before and after the war. This is not new information. I also wrote about his reasons for joining the army and his instinctive sense that hard physical labor helped him find more level ground from his mood swings. Of course now we know about exercise and endorphins (identified ca. 1974) but Gurney certainly did not. He just knew that exercise made him feel better. <br /><br />PamPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845849566530252669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499661274163551793.post-1169879401691117902013-07-07T18:19:15.584+01:002013-07-07T18:19:15.584+01:00I shall look forward to reading Poetry of the Firs...I shall look forward to reading Poetry of the First World War and particularly the 'not the usual suspects' poems. Caroline M Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277831689690791429noreply@blogger.com