Discovering Dylan Thomas

Discovering Dylan Thomas
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 297
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781783169641
ISBN-13 : 1783169648
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Discovering Dylan Thomas by : John Goodby

Discovering Dylan Thomas is a companion to Dylan Thomas’s published and notebook poems. It includes hitherto-unseen material contained in the recently-discovered fifth notebook, alongside poems, drafts and critical material including summaries of the critical reception of individual poems. The introductory essay considers the task of editing and annotating Thomas, the reception of the Collected Poems and the state of the Dylan Thomas industry, and the nature of Thomas’s reading, ‘influences’, allusions and intertextuality. It is followed by supplementary poems, including juvenilia and the notebook poems ‘The Woman Speaks’, original versions of ‘Grief thief of time’ and ‘I fellowed sleep’, and ‘Jack of Christ’, all of which were omitted from the Collected Poems. These are followed by annotations beginning with a discussion of Thomas’s juvenilia, and the relationship between plagiarism and parody in his work; poem-by-poem entries offer glosses, new material from the fifth notebook, critical histories for each poem, and variants of poems such as ‘Holy Spring’ and ‘On a Wedding Anniversary’ (including a magnificent, previously unpublished first draft of ‘A Refusal to Mourn’). The closing appendices deal with text and publication details for the collections Thomas published in his lifetime, the provenance and contents of the fifth notebook, and errata for the hardback edition of the Collected Poems.

The Poems of Dylan Thomas

The Poems of Dylan Thomas
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 543
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780811227957
ISBN-13 : 0811227952
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Poems of Dylan Thomas by : Dylan Thomas

The most complete and current edition of Dylan Thomas' collected poetry in a beautiful gift edition celebrating the centenary of his birth The reputation of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. A Welshman with a passion for the English language, Thomas’s singular poetic voice has been admired and imitated, but never matched. This exciting, newly edited annotated edition offers a more complete and representative collection of Dylan Thomas’s poetic works than any previous edition. Edited by leading Dylan Thomas scholar John Goodby from the University of Swansea, The Poems of Dylan Thomas contains all the poems that appeared in Collected Poems 1934-1952, edited by Dylan Thomas himself, as well as poems from the 1930-1934 notebooks and poems from letters, amatory verses, occasional poems, the verse film script for “Our Country,” and poems that appear in his “radio play for voices,” Under Milk Wood. Showing the broad range of Dylan Thomas’s oeuvre as never before, this new edition places Thomas in the twenty-first century, with an up-to-date introduction by Goodby whose notes and annotations take a pluralistic approach.

Quite Early One Morning

Quite Early One Morning
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 166
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0811202089
ISBN-13 : 9780811202084
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Quite Early One Morning by : Dylan Thomas

A dazzling collection of prose from one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century.

Collected Poems

Collected Poems
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:954515596
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Collected Poems by : Dylan Thomas

The Fifth Notebook of Dylan Thomas

The Fifth Notebook of Dylan Thomas
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages : 209
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781350103832
ISBN-13 : 1350103837
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fifth Notebook of Dylan Thomas by : Dylan Thomas

Between May 1930 and August 1935, Dylan Thomas kept numerous notebooks of poems. They contain the drafts of almost all of the work that would form his first two reputation-making collections, 18 Poems (1934) and Twenty-five Poems (1936), and many of those in his third collection, The Map of Love (1939). Thomas sold four of the notebooks, spanning May 1930 to May 1934, to the University of Buffalo in 1941. However, the existence of a fifth notebook, covering the period June 1934 to August 1935, was unknown until 2014, the centenary of his birth. The Fifth Notebook of Dylan Thomas makes this newly-discovered text available to readers and researchers for the first time. It contains the only existing MSS versions of Thomas's most challenging poems, 'I, in my intricate image' and 'Altarwise by owl-light', and fourteen other early poems. It contains facsimiles and full transcripts of the originals, is annotated throughout, and has a full scholarly introduction. Exploring the contexts of these brilliant and experimental lyrics – many with substantial reworkings and variant passages – this landmark publication sheds new light on the creative practice of one of the most important and well-known poets of the twentieth century.

The Death of Dylan Thomas

The Death of Dylan Thomas
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Publisher : Mainstream Publishing Company
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015040066139
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Death of Dylan Thomas by : James Nashold

When Dylan Thomas died in 1953 at the height of his fame, his death was widely believed to have been caused by his chronic alcoholism. This book explores recent discoveries which show that he was in fact a diabetic who was given the wrong treatment at his New York hospital - the treatment that this book claims led to his death. The book aims to establish what really happened, and to trace the life of his wife Caitlin following his death, when no one doubted she was equally to blame for his death, and she fled the country. The events of Caitlin's life after this are explored, from her settling in Italy, to her feuding with her children by Dylan and the trustees of his estate, her fourth child at the age of 49, and her refusal to marry again.

A Child's Christmas in Wales

A Child's Christmas in Wales
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 68
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0811213099
ISBN-13 : 9780811213097
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis A Child's Christmas in Wales by : Dylan Thomas

A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.

Ugly, Lovely

Ugly, Lovely
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Publisher : Parthian
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1910901776
ISBN-13 : 9781910901779
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Ugly, Lovely by : Ethel Ross

Ugly, Lovely: Dylan's Swansea and Carmarthenshire of the 1950s in Pictures is a touching collection of Ethel's photos accompanied by quotes from Dylan Thomas' poetry and her own comments.

Selected Poems

Selected Poems
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Publisher : Phoenix
Total Pages : 144
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1780227299
ISBN-13 : 9781780227290
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Selected Poems by : Dylan Thomas

This collection features perhaps Dylan Thomas' best-known poem, 'Fern Hill' - a profoundly melancholic and wistful meditation on former times; set in the idyllic Carmarthenshire dairy farm owned by his aunt and uncle when he was a boy. Another beloved poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night' was written by the poet for his dying father, exploring the themes of grief, loss and death.

Discovering Dylan Thomas

Discovering Dylan Thomas
Author :
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 293
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781783169658
ISBN-13 : 1783169656
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Discovering Dylan Thomas by : John Goodby

Discovering Dylan Thomas is a companion to Dylan Thomas’s published and notebook poems. It includes hitherto-unseen material contained in the recently-discovered fifth notebook, alongside poems, drafts and critical material including summaries of the critical reception of individual poems. The introductory essay considers the task of editing and annotating Thomas, the reception of the Collected Poems and the state of the Dylan Thomas industry, and the nature of Thomas’s reading, ‘influences’, allusions and intertextuality. It is followed by supplementary poems, including juvenilia and the notebook poems ‘The Woman Speaks’, original versions of ‘Grief thief of time’ and ‘I fellowed sleep’, and ‘Jack of Christ’, all of which were omitted from the Collected Poems. These are followed by annotations beginning with a discussion of Thomas’s juvenilia, and the relationship between plagiarism and parody in his work; poem-by-poem entries offer glosses, new material from the fifth notebook, critical histories for each poem, and variants of poems such as ‘Holy Spring’ and ‘On a Wedding Anniversary’ (including a magnificent, previously unpublished first draft of ‘A Refusal to Mourn’). The closing appendices deal with text and publication details for the collections Thomas published in his lifetime, the provenance and contents of the fifth notebook, and errata for the hardback edition of the Collected Poems.