Edward Thomas

Judy Kendall

Description

A critical study of the much-loved early twentieth century English poet Edward Thomas - the 'poet's poet'. It includes illuminating new readings of his poems, prose and letters. Topics covered include his close relation to nature, the land and landscape.

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Idioma inglés
• English
• Poetry
• Anglais

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708324523
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 22 Mo

Extrait

Edward Thomas

Writing Wales in English

CREWseries of Critical and Scholarly Studies General Editor: Professor M. Wynn Thomas (CREW, Swansea University)

ThisCREWseries is dedicated to Emyr Humphreys, a major îgure in the literary culture of modern Wales, a founding patron of theCentre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales, and, along with Gillian Clarke and Seamus Heaney, one ofCREW’s Honorary Associates. Grateful thanks are due to the late Richard Dynevor for making this series possible.

Other titles in the series Stephen Knight,A Hundred Years of Fiction(978-0-7083-1846-1) Barbara Prys-Williams,Twentieth-Century Autobiography(978-0-7083-1891-1) Kirsti Bohata,Postcolonialism Revisited(978-0-7083-1892-8) Chris Wigginton,Modernism from the Margins(978-0-7083-1927-7) Linden Peach,Contemporary Irish and Welsh Women’s Fiction(978-0-7083-1998-7) Sarah Prescott,Eighteenth-Century Writing from Wales: Bards and Britons (978-0-7083-2053-2) Hywel Dix,After Raymond Williams: Cultural Materialism and the Break-Up of Britain (978-0-7083-2153-9) Matthew Jarvis,Welsh Environments in Contemporary Welsh Poetry (978-0-7083-2152-2) Diane Green,Emyr Humphreys: A Postcolonial Novelist?(978-0-7083-2217-8) Harri Garrod Roberts,Embodying Identity: Representations of the Body in Welsh Literature(978-0-7083-2169-0) M. Wynn Thomas,In the Shadow of the Pulpit: Literature and Nonconformist Wales (978-0-7083-2225-3) Linden Peach,The Fiction of Emyr Humphreys: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (978-0-7083-2216-1) Daniel Westover,R. S. Thomas: A Stylistic Biography(978-0-7083-2411-0)

Edward Thomas The Origins of his Poetry

Writing Wales in English

JUDY KENDALL

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2012

© Judy Kendall, 2012

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without clearance from the University of Wales Press, 10 Columbus Walk, Brigantine Place, Cardiff, CF10 4UP. www.uwp.ac.uk

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-0-7083-2403-5 e-ISBN 978-0-7083-2452-3

The right of Judy Kendall to be identiîed as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988

Typeset by Mark Heslington Ltd, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Printed in Wales by Dinefwr Press, Llandybïe

Diana Louise Kendall 1924–2008

General Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgements

C ontents

Note on the Text and Abbreviations

Introduction: Studying the Composing Process 1 Starting Points – How Poems Emerge 2 Poetry and Oral Literature 3 Ellipses and Aporia 4 Gaps 5 Unînishedness . . . 6 Temporal Dislocation 7 Dislocating Thought 8 Divagations Appendices Notes Select Bibliography Index

ix xi xiii 1 7 28

60 90 108 123 137 158 190 196 221 227

G eneral e ditor ’ s P refaCe

The aim of this series is to produce a body of scholarly and critical work that reects the richness and variety of the English-language literature of modern Wales. Drawing upon the expertise both of established specialists and of younger scholars, it will seek to take advantage of the concepts, models and discourses current in the best contemporary studies to promote a better understanding of the literature’s signiîcance, viewed not only as an expres- sion of Welsh culture but also as an instance of modern literatures in English worldwide. In addition, it will seek to make available the scholarly materials (such as bibliographies) necessary for this kind of advanced, informed study.

M. Wynn Thomas CREW(Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales) Swansea University