Dylan Thomas a Literary Life /
"Dylan Thomas: A Literary Life offers an accurate and unsensationalized account of the poet's life in the context of British and American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century, along with a critical reading of a selection of characteristic works in the many different...
| Main Author: | Christie, William, 1952- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 228 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series: |
Literary lives (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: |
"Dylan Thomas: A Literary Life offers an accurate and unsensationalized account of the poet's life in the context of British and American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century, along with a critical reading of a selection of characteristic works in the many different genres in which Dylan Thomas worked, from the dense and rhetorically powerful lyrics which established his reputation through his stories and radio and film scripts to the triumphant 'play for voices', Under Milk Wood. This study is designed to close what has been called 'the yawning gap' between Thomas's popular and critical reputations, and is a major contribution to the revival and revision of the poet's work and reputation"-- |
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| Item Description: |
"Dylan Thomas: A Literary Life offers an accurate and unsensationalized account of the poet's life in the context of British and American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century, along with a critical reading of a selection of characteristic works in the many different genres in which Dylan Thomas worked, from the dense and rhetorically powerful lyrics which established his reputation through his stories and radio and film scripts to the triumphant 'play for voices', Under Milk Wood. This study is designed to close what has been called 'the yawning gap' between Thomas's popular and critical reputations, and is a major contribution to the revival and revision of the poet's work and reputation"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index. Uplands: Growing up in Cwmdonkin Drive -- Truant Years: Going (and not Going) to School -- 'A Bit of a shower-off': Performing in Swansea -- One-Track Mind: From Notebook Poems to 18 Poems -- The Road out of Wales: Fame and Fitzrovia -- 'From Love's First Fever': Love and War, Guile and Beer -- 'A crucial point in his career': Reinventing Dylan Thomas -- 'Radio's a building in the air': Lord Cut-Glass, Poet of the Airwaves -- 'My seashaken house on a breakneck of rocks': The Road to Laugharne -- 'O my America! My new-found-land': The Poet on Tour -- The Road to Milk Wood. |
| Physical Description: |
xv, 228 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137322562 113732256X |