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Dylan Thomas

"Covering the whole range of Dylan Thomas's writing, both poetry and prose, this is an accessible appraisal of the work and achievement of a major and dynamic poet. It interrelates the man and his national-cultural background by defining in detail the Welshness of his poetic temperament and critical attitudes, as both man and poet. It also illustrates Thomas's wide knowledge of and impact on the long and varied tradition of poetry in English. In that connection, the study delineates and delimits Thomas's relationship to Surrealism, compares and contrasts his work with that of other poets of the 1930s and 1940s, and shows how its power today survives his death at an early age in 1953. A main aspect of the book is its close textual analyses, separating the achievement of the work from the 'legend'.--Cover.

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