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The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

Like Shakespeare and Joyce before him, Dylan Thomas expanded our sense of what the English language can do.

Rhythmically forceful yet subtly musical and full of memorable lines, his poems are anthology favourites; his 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood a modern classic. Much loved by The Beatles and Bob Dylan, he is a cultural icon and continues to inspire artists today.

This new edition, released to commemorate the centenary of Thomas's birth, collects more of his poems together in a single volume than ever before. With recently discovered material and accessible critique from Dylan Thomas expert John Goodby, it looks at Thomas's body of work in a fresh light, taking us to the beating heart of his poetry.

  • Classification : Poetry
  • Pub Date : OCT 8, 2015
  • Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Page Extent : 512
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781780227238
  • Price : INR 1,299
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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea on 27 October 1914 the son of a senior English master. On leaving school he worked on the South Wales Evening Post before embarking on his literary career in London. Not only a poet he wrote short stories film scripts features and radio plays the most famous being Under Milk Wood. On 9 November 1953 shortly after his thirty-ninth birthday he collapsed and died in New York city. He is buried in Laugharne Carmarthenshire which had become his main home since 1949. In 1982 a memorial stone to commemorate him was unveiled in 'Poet's Corner' in Westminster Abbey.

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