Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford, 1908-1915Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915engThe 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 DesireRupert 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.