Edward Thomas : the origins of his poetry / Judy Kendall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kendall, Judy, author.

Series:

Writing Wales in English.

Writing Wales in English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry, English.

Soldiers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Soldiers' writings, English.

English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917--Poetic works.

Thomas, Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edward Thomas: The Origins of his Poetry builds a new theoretical framework for critical work on imaginative composition through an investigation of Edward Thomas's composing processes, on material from his letters, his poems and his prose books. It looks at his relation to the land and landscape and includes detailed and illuminating new readings of his poems. It traces connections between Thomas's approach to composition and the writing and thought of Freud, Woolf and William James, and the influence of Japanese aesthetics, and draws surprising and far-reaching conclusions for the study of p

Contents:

General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text and Abbreviations; Introduction: Studying the Composing Process; Starting Points - How Poems Emerge; Poetry and Oral Literature; Ellipses and Aporia; Gaps; Unfinishedness . . .; Temporal Dislocation; Dislocating Thought; Divagations; Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20104-0

0-7083-2452-5

OCLC:

778340061