R.S. Thomas : identity, environment, deity / Christopher Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Christopher, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious poetry, Welsh.

Literature and science--Wales.

Literature and science.

Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000--Criticism and interpretation.

Thomas, R. S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christopher Morgan writes with critical insight on the poet R.S. Thomas. This text recontextualizes and reinterprets the poet's themes of self, nature and the search for deity and investigates Thomas's preoccupation with the philosophical and practical implications of science and technology.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Poetry as autobiography; 2 'No-one with a crown of light'; 3 'Green asylum': the natural world; 4 'Lenses to bear': the scientific world; 5 Science and nature; 6 Theologies and beyond; 7 Absence and presence; Bibliography; Further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73424-8

9786610734245

1-84779-047-X

1-4175-8349-5

OCLC:

191925999