The Days of Dylan Thomas

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EROTIC POETRY
AN ANTHOLOGY Edited by William Cole
'Such an anthology is well worth doing to celebrate pur hardly-won sexual emancipation. . . .' - cyril connolly, Sunday Times
. . these pleasantly printed pages are excellent for dipping into.' - david holloway. The Daily Telegraph.
. . I find this an excellent, lively and original collection of verses. I have enjoyed discovering a great many good poems which I had never read before.' -philip toynbee, The Observer
" an anthology of erotic verse, iii large and sumptuous . . . with excellent typography, a fairly unhackneyed choice of poems, and distinctly Christmassy section-headings.' - p. n. furbank. The Listener
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Dylan Thomas became a famous and almost legendary figure in his own lifetime: the charming, irresponsible, roystering poet who died young and tragically in New York. Since his death just over ten years ago his reputation as one of the major poets of the twentieth century has become... Tovább

Fülszöveg

EROTIC POETRY
AN ANTHOLOGY Edited by William Cole
'Such an anthology is well worth doing to celebrate pur hardly-won sexual emancipation. . . .' - cyril connolly, Sunday Times
. . these pleasantly printed pages are excellent for dipping into.' - david holloway. The Daily Telegraph.
. . I find this an excellent, lively and original collection of verses. I have enjoyed discovering a great many good poems which I had never read before.' -philip toynbee, The Observer
" an anthology of erotic verse, iii large and sumptuous . . . with excellent typography, a fairly unhackneyed choice of poems, and distinctly Christmassy section-headings.' - p. n. furbank. The Listener
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Dylan Thomas became a famous and almost legendary figure in his own lifetime: the charming, irresponsible, roystering poet who died young and tragically in New York. Since his death just over ten years ago his reputation as one of the major poets of the twentieth century has become established, and there are probably few poets with a wider audience, and few poets who are so soHdly admired by the critics. In this short study, illustrated with nearly loo pictures, most of them previously unpublished, taken over the years by Rollie McKenna and others. Professor Read gives a remarkably clear and sympathetic portrait of the man of genius behind the legend, often making use of Thomas' own words and of those of his friends.
A relation who knew him well and read the typescript wrote 'a picture of Dylan not too sweet, nor too unpleasant, but as I knew him: a most lovable character in spite of his faults.'
Jacket design by John Curtis
The Days of Dylan Thomas is the work of Bill Read, the young American scholar who is becoming increasingly well-known and recognised as a leading authority on British and American poetry. His other works include The Critical Reputation of Thomas Love Peacock and he is an editor of The Modern Poets, an English and American anthology.
The author lives in Boston and is Professor of English at Boston University. Vissza