This collection contains all the poetry that Thomas produced in a burst of activity between 1914 and his death in the Battle of Arras in 1917. It includes the famous poems, "Adlestrop", "A Cat", "The Owl", "The Glory" and "Old Man".
" This complete collection of Thomas's poems returns us to the ongoing relevance of this essential poet. Revealing a poet whose work resonates in our times, this volume will be returned to again and again.
Edward Thomas wrote a lifetime's poetry in two years. Already a dedicated prose writer and influential critic, he became a poet only in December 1914, at the age of 36....
This edition, drawn from Thomas's manuscripts and typescripts as well as from his published works, offers an accessible introduction to this most resonant - and relevant - of poets.
Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years
Poems by Edward Thomas
468 SELECT BIBLIOgRAPHY Marsh, J., Edward Thomas: A Poet for His Country (Paul Elek, 1978) Mertins, L., Life and Walks-Talking (Oklahoma University Press, 1965) Meyers, J., Robert Frost (Constable, 1996) Milne, J., The Memoirs of a ...
It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
' Fired by his abiding love of the English landscape, the poetry of Edward Thomas is some of the most astonishing of the twentieth century.
Contains poems, without any commentary, enabling them to be used either as student reference material or as 'clean' copies for the examination.
This Reprint Of The Work Originally Published In London In 1933, Contains 19 Chapters, 2 Appendices, 4 Plates, Bibliography And Index.