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R.S. Thomas : a stylistic biography / Daniel Westover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westover, Daniel, author.
- Series:
- CREW series of critical and scholarly studies.
- Writing Wales in English.
- CREW series of Critical and Scholarly Studies
- Writing Wales in English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poets, Welsh--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, Welsh.
- Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000.
- Thomas, R. S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) is the most recognizable literary figure in twentieth-century Wales. His controversial politics and public personality made him a cultural icon during his life, and the merits of his poetry have continued to be debated in the years after his death. Yet these debates have too-often circled familiar ground, returning to the assumed personality of the poet or to the received narrative of his experience. Even the best studies have focused almost exclusively on ideas and themes. As a result, the poetry itself has frequently been marginalized. This book argues that Thomas's
- Contents:
- ""General Editor�s Preface""; ""General Editor?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Origins of a Style, 1936�1943""; ""Origins of a Style, 1936?1943""; ""A Style Emerging, 1943�1955""; ""A Style Emerging, 1943?1955""; ""A Style Defined, 1955�1972""; ""A Style Defined, 1955?1972""; ""A Style Developed, 1972�1988""; ""A Style Developed, 1972?1988""; ""A Style (Un)Refined, 1988�2000""; ""A Style (Un)Refined, 1988?2000""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Notes""
- ""Select Bibliography""""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""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:
- 1-299-20111-3
- 0-7083-2412-6
- OCLC:
- 772519665
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