Dylan Thomas In America

Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045028961

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Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin Pdf

The Welsh poet arrived in New York on his first visit, in 1950, for a programme of readings all over the country. Angelic, devilish, charming, doubting his inner resources for further poetry and pursued by an urge to self-destruction, given to alcoholic binges, he was not what the sober world of American academe expected. The students loved him, though after his first two or three encounters with them, the girls had to be protected. And he made immediate friends with many American writers, journalists and barflies, creating a pop culture mythology of the doomed artist for the late 20th century. This book captures Dylan Thomas's last few years.

Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:258356534

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Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin Pdf

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811202089

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Quite Early One Morning by Dylan Thomas Pdf

A dazzling collection of prose from one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century.

Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Poets, Welsh
ISBN : UOM:39015037033613

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Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin Pdf

Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Poets, Welsh
ISBN : OCLC:1193396244

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Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin Pdf

Author : John Malcolm Brimnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1057978778

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Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brimnin Pdf

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811227957

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The Poems of Dylan Thomas by Dylan Thomas Pdf

The most complete and current edition of Dylan Thomas' collected poetry in a beautiful gift edition celebrating the centenary of his birth The reputation of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. A Welshman with a passion for the English language, Thomas’s singular poetic voice has been admired and imitated, but never matched. This exciting, newly edited annotated edition offers a more complete and representative collection of Dylan Thomas’s poetic works than any previous edition. Edited by leading Dylan Thomas scholar John Goodby from the University of Swansea, The Poems of Dylan Thomas contains all the poems that appeared in Collected Poems 1934-1952, edited by Dylan Thomas himself, as well as poems from the 1930-1934 notebooks and poems from letters, amatory verses, occasional poems, the verse film script for “Our Country,” and poems that appear in his “radio play for voices,” Under Milk Wood. Showing the broad range of Dylan Thomas’s oeuvre as never before, this new edition places Thomas in the twenty-first century, with an up-to-date introduction by Goodby whose notes and annotations take a pluralistic approach.

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 1780227299

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Selected Poems by Dylan Thomas Pdf

This collection features perhaps Dylan Thomas' best-known poem, 'Fern Hill' - a profoundly melancholic and wistful meditation on former times; set in the idyllic Carmarthenshire dairy farm owned by his aunt and uncle when he was a boy. Another beloved poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night' was written by the poet for his dying father, exploring the themes of grief, loss and death.

Author : Hilly Janes
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849547475

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The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas by Hilly Janes Pdf

Dylan Thomas was one of the most extraordinary poetic talents of the twentieth century. Poems such as 'Do not go gentle into that good night' regularly top polls of the nation's favourites and his much-loved play Under Milk Wood has never been out of print. Thomas lived a life that was rarely without incident and died a death that has gone down in legend as the epitome of Bohemian dissoluteness. In The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas, journalist Hilly Janes explores that life and its extraordinary legacy through the eyes of her father, the artist Alfred Janes, who was a member of Thomas's inner circle and painted the poet at three key moments: in 1934, 1953 and, posthumously, 1964. Using these portraits as focal points, and drawing on a personal archive that includes drawings, diaries, letters and new interviews with omas's friends and descendants, The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas plots the poet's tempestuous journey from his birthplace in Swansea to his early death in a New York hospital in 1953. In this innovative and powerful narrative, Hilly Janes paints her own portrait: one that ventures beneath Thomas's reputation as a feckless, disloyal, boozy Welsh bard to reveal a much more complex character.

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015040093323

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18 Poems by Dylan Thomas by Dylan Thomas Pdf

Author : John Ackerman
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 031212905X

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Dylan Thomas by John Ackerman Pdf

John Ackerman's highly acclaimed study of the poems and prose works of Dylan Thomas traces his development as a writer, linking this for the first time with his Welsh background. The formative influence of Swansea on the young poet, his family roots in West Wales and the childhood visits to Fernhill farm and the nearby Blaen Cwm cottage are all included, together with the Boat House and Laugharne, the absorbing village life and the inspiration of its now famous land- and sea-scapes. The impact of Welsh nonconformity and the chapel, and the radical politics of Wales are also explored as important influences on the poet's career.

Author : Andrew Lycett
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780227481

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Dylan Thomas by Andrew Lycett Pdf

The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n' roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Dylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for both lyrical phrases and impish humour, he also wrote for films and radio, and was renowned for his stage performances. He became the first literary star in the age of popular culture - a favourite of both T.S. Eliot and John Lennon. As his status as a poet and entertainer increased, so did his alcoholic binges and his sexual promiscuity, threatening to destroy his marriage to his fiery Irish wife Caitlin. As this extraordinary biography reveals, he was a man of many contradictions. But out of his tempestuous life, he produced some of the most dramatic and enduring poetry in the English language.

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106012724305

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Dylan Thomas, the Complete Screenplays by Dylan Thomas Pdf

Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081120202X

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Adventures in the Skin Trade by Dylan Thomas Pdf

Thomas's unfinished novel of a Welsh boy's adventures in London is accompanied by twenty short stories.

Author : Dana Gioia
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781589881518

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Studying with Miss Bishop by Dana Gioia Pdf

"Fascinating snapshots of remarkable encounters which, when brought together, chart a delightfully unusual path to literary success."―Booklist "Reading this memoir is like being at one of those memorable dinner parties, attended by the best and brightest, sparkling with wit and excellent conversations. You don’t want it to be over, the conversations to end! But with books, you need not worry. You can go back to the party, savor it, reread it again, and again."―Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife “Gioia has been uncommonly lucky in meeting many major poets, among them Elizabeth Bishop. His portrait of her in these pages is shrewd and subtle. The famously elusive poet quivers into life here.”―Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me: An Encounter In Studying with Miss Bishop, Dana Gioia discusses six people who helped him become a writer and better understand what it meant to dedicate one’s life to writing. Four were famous authors―Elizabeth Bishop, John Cheever, James Dickey, and Robert Fitzgerald. Two were unknown―Gioia’s Merchant Marine uncle and Ronald Perry, a forgotten poet. Each of the six essays provides a vivid portrait; taken together they tell the story of Gioia’s own journey from working-class LA to international literary success.